[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] Sven, don't defect to the dark side!

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> Nevertheless I like ReactOS very much. I'm a huge fan of the NT kernel 
> (just in case: I'm not talking about the Win32 API here) and one of my 
> dreams would be a new NT subsystem written in FPC with an as much as 
> possible Pascal userland (why do you think I implemented the NativeNT 
> target?). 

I am not sure if you're aware of ClassiOS ( 
http://www.trumpet.com.au/index.php/products/classios.html ).

I was, at the time, quite excited about it; but, unfortunately he (Peter 
Tattam) had some problems in his private life --IIRC, a very dragged-on 
divorce suite that laid claim to his code too. Apparently, even though 
he managed to /salvage/ his code, I heard nothing to write home about 
ClassiOS' ever since.

He didn't open up the source either. I wish he would happen to read this 
and fill us in with the missing details..

So; while I do appreciate what ReactOS guys are doing, I just cannot see 
that project to be reasonably useful anytime soon.

Anyway.

What I would kill for would be a non-GUI version of Windows (preferably 
x64) that we could compile and run on (most/some of) the platforms FPC 
runs as servers.

This, IMO, would be a great achievement.