A sakamakon haka, membobin aikin, wanda mai tsara Jason Filby ya jagoranta, sun haɗu tare don farfado da aikin. An sake farfado da aikin don yin kwafin aikin Windows NT. A ƙirƙirar sabon aikin, an zaɓi sabon suna, ReactOS. An fara ci gaban aikin a watan Fabrairun 1998 ta hanyar ƙirƙirar tushe don sabon kernel da kuma direbobi na asali. An kirkiro sunan ReactOS a yayin tattaunawar IRC. Yayin da kalmar "OS" ta tsaya ga tsarin aiki, kalmar "react" tana nufin rashin gamsuwa da ƙungiyar tare da <unk> da kuma mayar da martani ga matsayin Microsoft na monopolistic.
NT sabon kernel da kuma na asali direbobi