Not only is ReactOS getting a lot of coverage it otherwise would not have, but the core claim seems to be that ReactOS is actually such a good re-implementation of Windows that actual Windows engineers think it couldn't have been accomplished without using the Windows source code.
Not only is ReactOS getting a lot of coverage it otherwise would not have, but the core claim seems to be that ReactOS is actually such a good re-implementation of Windows that actual Windows engineers think it couldn't have been accomplished without using the Windows source code.
Probably because it makes far more people aware that ReactOS even exists.
because a lot of people probably just learned about ReactOS as a result of this controversy. "There's no such thing as bad press." -someone
The controversy is just unverifiable claims from a Microsoft employee. ReactOS comes out looking pretty good.
You never heard of "all publicity is good publicity"?
Even very dirty river water would still spin your mill, as long as the mill itself is good.
This guy literally confirms that one little open source OS could be as good as Windows $)