>is ReactOS going to keep up with drivers for current hardware?
They don't need to. They do implement whatever needed to have ABI compatibility with actual Windows drivers, so the vendor driver should work.
They don't need to. They do implement whatever needed to have ABI compatibility with actual Windows drivers, so the vendor driver should work.
1. I presume this requires "bug-for-bug compatibility." How feasible is this without access to either the Windows source code or a lab full of machines and QA staff?
When a user gets a ReactOS BSOD because of a bug in the ReactOS driver ABI, what do they do? Even if they can report a bug and it eventually gets fixed, what do they do in the meantime? The answer is, probably, boot back into Windows and get their work done. Then they have to justify to themselves taking the time to try ReactOS again sometime in the future.
2. How many machines in the wild can run without any Microsoft-made drivers included in Windows releases? If the answer is less than 100%, those users will still have to own a copy of Windows.