I'll miss you. Maybe some day you would like getting back to it or something related - you are going to be always welcome.
WBR, Aleksey Bragin. P.S. Brussels was fun indeed. And I'm giving out the rest of merchandise here, everyone confirms its high quality ;) On May 23, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Andrew Greenwood wrote: > Hi, > > This mail is a little bit late as I didn't find time to write it > earlier. > > Basically, I've decided that I do not want to continue working on > ReactOS. I just don't find it "fun" or interesting to do any more. > > I spent months trying to get my head around Kernel Streaming and its > associated components, how they fit together let alone how they > actually > function. And really, it's not enjoyable. I don't fully understand > Windows kernel-mode coding, and coding the sound system really > isn't as > straightforward a task as I had originally anticipated. It has become > more of a chore over time. > > Considering I made the switch from Windows to Linux around 2005 and > have > rarely actually needed to use Windows at home since then, there > doesn't > seem to be any benefit for me to put my time into working on ReactOS. > > Also I never really seemed to get very far with sound... I see > Janderwald has taken up the challenge on this and is making good > progress on it. > > I had been considering leaving a few months ago, but stuck around for > our gathering in Brussels, which was great (aside from the restaurant > which seemed like it was going to cook its customers, and the > overly-smiley waiter who didn't fully explain what "special sauce" > contained...) To be honest I think putting the hybrid CD together for > that to be my best and also most hacky achievement for ReactOS. > Starflow > produced all the fliers/badges/etc. and I think altogether, FOSDEM > was a > success. And I hope it sparked interest for other people to join the > project. > > I intend on working on some of my own projects from this point on > (possibly audio related still...) > > All the best for the future, > > > > Andrew Greenwood _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
