Talk:ReactOS

Russian support

I have removed the unsourced claim that Russian gives "significant support" to reactos. It was back in 2015, that one commission in the telecommunications ministry named it as a possible basis for the development of an open-source desktop OS, but there is absolutely no info out there, that this was followed by any real steps.

ReactOS is not a "Russian OS" just because some Russian hackers participate and because there is a ReactOS foundation based in Moscow - which, according to the Russian WP page is actually defunct now (a claim that I have not been able to verify, but searching for Russian language info on the foundation gives very little results). There is also a ReactOS non-profit bases in Germany, the ReactOS Deutschland e.V., but this does not make ROS a "German OS" eithern. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 14:10, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

PS.: I just found that there was never a Moscow-based foundation to begin with, it was based in Saransk instead, and that it was dissolved in 2015, see https://egrulinfo.com/8583363/ --Johannes Rohr (talk) 11:12, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

But the project leader lived in Moscow till 2015 moment. Trust me I knew it. But this is just side note.--Jedi2be (talk) 12:18, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

And you are absolutely right, there were not any real steps from Russian government except published expert opinion --Jedi2be (talk) 12:22, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Project leader in what sense? Bragin was head of the Reactos Foundation, but I have my doubts whether it was actually doing anything besides those four PR stunts (the demonstrations they gave to Putin, Medvedev, Alksnis and their presentation to the Minsvyaz hearing). All the ReactOS hackfests were in Germany, also any real fundraising seems to have happend mostly in or be coordinated from Germany. The ReactOS wiki didn't even give any contact details for the fundation. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 12:36, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

In terms of project ruling and management, resolving internal disputes and conflicts, covering important parts of code review. Bragin was also the whole project coordinator. The place for haсkfest is always selected by convenience for the actual participants. And on the first hackfest Bragin was present. He stepped down around the end of 2017.--Jedi2be (talk) 00:35, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Jedi2be: Interesting. Did you ever ask him about whether he had any second thoughts about trying to forge an ally with nationalist hardliner Viktor Alksnis? --Johannes Rohr (talk) 13:06, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

BTW, if you look at his profile, you will find that he is remarkably inactive for a project leader. Some ten years ago, he still made some 40 edits per year. His last commit to reactos was 2016. So this gives the impression of a sham. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 16:16, 8 April 2019 (UTC)