# ReactOS as a second OS in Russian government's software freedom effort

DevFeed: [ReactOS as a second OS in Russian government's software freedom effort](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reactos-as-a-second-os-in-russian-government-s-software-freedom-effort-33227.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-second-os-russian-governments-software-freedom-effort/>)

Published: 2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

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>), [vendor lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vendor-lock-in.md>)

Tags: [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [operating-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operating-systems.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [vendor-lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vendor-lock-in.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The ReactOS Foundation submitted ReactOS and the ReactOS-based RosServer to a Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications initiative seeking independent alternatives to strategically important software. The projects placed second in the operating-system category, behind the ROSA Lab and ALT Linux consortium.

## Source excerpt

The Russian Federation along with the BRICS nations are pursuing measures to rid vendor lock-in of strategically important software (http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/33237/) and substitute such software with free/open software (http://minsvyaz.ru/en/events/32967/). As such an initiative would provide considerable benefits beyond that of any singular agenda, Aleksey Bragin decided to take part in that on behalf of ReactOS Foundation. Since October 2014 he has been a member of the Operating Systems workgroup formed by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications (so-called "