# Google Summer of Code 2016 Conclusion

DevFeed: [Google Summer of Code 2016 Conclusion](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/google-summer-of-code-2016-conclusion-32796.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/google-summer-code-2016-conclusion/>)

Published: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/win32.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>)

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## AI overview

The ReactOS Project's Google Summer of Code 2016 concluded with four student projects focused on improving hardware and storage support, the USB stack, NTFS support, and networking. The projects completed their principal objectives, while merging and integration remained ongoing.

## Source excerpt

It's been a long but ultimately rewarding journey to the completion of Google Summer of Code 2016 for the ReactOS Project. As a project that seeks to implement an open source operating system based off of the NT architecture and compatible with both NT device drivers and Win32 applications, ReactOS faces some rather distinct challenges compared to other open source OS projects. With an emphasis on compatibility and familiarity, interest in the project has increased substantially after the major revamps the other family of NT operating systems has underwent over the past few years.