> Microsoft is working toward Windows being freely available (zero cost).
I don't see that happening anytime soon, other than the usual "hidden in the price of the machine" way it's usually handled. Not to mention, it would inevitably be tied to a cloud account at the price of your privacy, and your risk of being "deplatformed" from your own machines for doing something that Microsoft (or Hollywood, or one of their AIs) doesn't like.
I'd love for ReactOS to succeed, but they're up against a constantly-moving target.
I don't see that happening anytime soon, other than the usual "hidden in the price of the machine" way it's usually handled. Not to mention, it would inevitably be tied to a cloud account at the price of your privacy, and your risk of being "deplatformed" from your own machines for doing something that Microsoft (or Hollywood, or one of their AIs) doesn't like.
I'd love for ReactOS to succeed, but they're up against a constantly-moving target.