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+The ReactOS operating system has been in development for over eight years and aims to provide users
+with a fully functional and Windows-compatible distribution under the GPL license. ReactOS comes with
+its own Windows 2003-based kernel and system utilities and applications, resulting in an environment
+identical to Windows, both visually and internally.
+
+More than just an alternative to Windows, ReactOS is a powerful platform for academia, allowing
+students to learn a variety of skills useful to software testing, development and management, as well as
+providing a rich and clean implementation of Windows NT, with a kernel compatible to published
+internals book on the subject.
+
+This talk will introduce the ReactOS project, as well as the various software engineering challenges
+behind it. The building platform and development philosophies and utilities will be shown, and
+attendees will grasp the vast amount of effort and organization that needs to go into building an
+operating system or any other similarly large project. The speaker will gladly answer questions related to
+his background, experience and interests and information on joining the project, as well as any other
+related information.
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+Speaker Bio
+
+Alex Ionescu is currently studying in Software Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec
+and is a Microsoft Technical Student Ambassador. He is the lead kernel developer of the ReactOS Project
+and project leader of TinyKRNL. He regularly speaks at Linux and Open Source conferences around the
+world and will be a lecturer at the 8th International Free Software Forum in Brazil this April, as well as
+providing hands-on workshops and lectures on Windows NT internals and security to various companies.
+