Comment on "Open source Windows" ReactOS is now 30 years old
cabbage@piefed.social 6 hours agoThat makes a lot of sense! I have heard Windows XP is still being run in hospitals and stuff out of necessity due to compatibility issues with expensive equipment, ReactOS might be a great solution for making that a little less sketchy while keeping it simple.
Thanks!
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 3 hours ago
Depending on the situation there may be even older hardware/windows in use.
At my last job there was a windows 2000 computer still in use until like 2 years ago. None of the motherboard connections were still being made anymore. None of the drivers for the specialized devices existed for anything newer. The computer was air gapped and a replacement machine was commissioned, but it was still there doing its thing until the HDD failed.