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Also, note that the Wine project has implemented a substantial amount of the Windows API.
Frankly, if I've got something that "runs on Windows," I actually don't mind paying Microsoft a license-fee. I've got a couple of machines here that are used for running Windows, and I've set up some in virtual machines. All bought and paid-for, and I've never had any problem with that notion.
Both Wine and ReactOS are very informative projects, though, because by reverse-engineering some of what Microsoft did, they greatly enhance your understanding of how the APIs actually work – bugs and all.
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