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===Thorium Core Cloud Desktop project=== When ReactOS was awarded as Project of the Month on [[SourceForge]] in June 2013, a [[crowdfunding]] campaign on [[Kickstarter]] was announced in an interview with the project's coordinator, Aleksey Bragin.<ref name="potm-201306">{{cite web |date=2013-06-17 |title=Sourceforge POTM June 2013 |url=https://www.sourceforge.net/blog/potm-201306/ |access-date=2013-06-17 |publisher=[[SourceForge|Sourceforge.com]] |quote=''Well I don't want to spread too many rumors, but I can say that we do have something in the works. If all goes well, it's going to be announced within a week. While I cannot go into too many details, I can say that it involves Kickstarter and what we believe to be a viable commercial product based off of {{sic}} ReactOS.''}}</ref> On 23 December 2013 the announced project was revealed as a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of US$120,000 was started.<ref>[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU3OTY ReactOS Wants To Bring Open-Source Windows To The Cloud] on [[Phoronix]] by [[Michael Larabel]] (22 January 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Oliver Diedrich |date=2014-01-21 |title=ReactOS: Freier Windows-Klon braucht Unterstützung] |url=https://www.heise.de/open/meldung/ReactOS-Freier-Windows-Klon-braucht-Unterstuetzung-2090408.html |work=[[Heinz Heise|heise.de]] |language=de}}</ref> The ''Thorium Core Cloud Desktop'' dubbed [[cloud computing]] service would use ReactOS as core and could allow the use of Windows compatible applications from [[mobile device]]s (like [[smartphone]]s, [[tablet computer|tablet]]s), [[workstation]]s, or any other connected device. On 21 February 2014, fundraising ended short of the target amount, with $48,965 of $120,000 raised, resulting in no transferred money.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorium/thorium-core-cloud-desktop |title=Thorium Core Cloud Desktop |author1=Aleksey Bragin |author2=Steven Edwards |date=2013-12-23 |access-date=2014-04-08 |publisher=[[Kickstarter|Kickstarter.com]]}}</ref>
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