it can run skyrim
It runs SimCity 3000 it might work with SimCity 4
reactos.org
it can run skyrim
It runs SimCity 3000 it might work with SimCity 4
reactos.org
Is reactOS a loonix/winblows hybrid?
Best of both worlds or worst?
ReactOS is like WINE: The OS. It's an OS unaffiliated with MS or Linux, that tries to be binary compatible with Windows.
Ideally it gives you the software selection of Windows with the open source no-botnet guarantee of Linux. Practically it's unfinished, and has been for a long time. Development has sped up in the past year, so there's hope they finish it.
If I can install 3DS Max + the Adobe suite on this thing I can finally delete Windows.
Is it possible now or how much work does it need to be possible? I am willing to contribute.
It's a step in the wrong direction.
I think it's the opposite. Because this way we can finally destroy the monopoly of Microsoft and make people move to free software (talk about the gratis side first and move on to freedom aspect) while allowing them to run their proprietary software with no/minor compatibility issues.
Why has it taken so long
It's hard to implement an OS from scratch let alone implement one that works like another OS both internally and externally when you can't even see its source code.
Because volunteers have to eat
If ReactOS actually starts to get big and starts to cut into Microsoft's marketshare, it's going to get sued into oblivion.