ReactOS has plans to support Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 applications (Windows NT 6.x) in an eventual 0.5.0 release, but at the current pace of development, it could be years before that happens.

If you want to run a clone of Microsoft Windows to escape the drama of upgrading to Windows 10, try ReactOS -- but do not expect it to be a fully functional replacement. ReactOS is a free, open source ...

Windows 10 will not be open-source when it’s released this summer. Worse yet for Microsoft, competing companies could take Windows and use it to make a competing operating system.

They’re writing their own version of Windows called ReactOS that aims to be binary-compatible with Windows. ... THEY WANT AN OPEN SOURCE WINDOWS . 1 – PEOPLE WILL STOP PAYING FOR WINDOWS.

One day, Microsoft could "open source" the code that underpins the OS---giving it away for free. So says Mark Russinovich, one of the company's top engineers.

Microsoft hasn't just become an enthusiastic open-source user; the company is now using the Git version control system to build Windows on. The once prime example of proprietary software ...

Windows 7 did reach end of life this month, but one reason Microsoft probably won't open-source Windows 7 is that for the next three years it will still provide security updates for businesses ...

Git, the open source distributed version control system created by Linus Torvalds to handle Linux's decentralized development model, is being used for a rather surprising project: Windows ...

An open source Windows, he said, would need a formalized governance structure, a legal framework for handling patents and certification programs and the like, a social coding infrastructure, and ...

A open source alternative for Windows Server is a operating system that is free for use and can accomplish the same tasks as the Windows Server OS.You might be surprised to see that there are lots ...