Too late.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS already exists
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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how is reactos these days? is it a drop-in replacement for windblows yet?
still can't run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware
not quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!
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We already had Emulators, but this is cool too.
Why not release 6.22 and be done? It was the last one before switching to dos 7/8 (as part of windows 9x).
DOS 5 and 6.x were only released a couple of years later than DOS 4, and DOS 6.22 was declared obsolete by Microsoft on 31 Dec 2001. Still over 30 years ago.
not making money. make windows a gui on top of linux. like osX. silly microsoft