I'll post a quote I made in a different thread on another topic:
I myself have no interest in running a SRO server using regular files, but when it comes to dev stuff, if it's going to be a public release and the server/client files are working and not edited, than more modern versions are always enjoyable to mess with.
I say not edited, but I just mean only documented minimal edits of db info to replace passwords/personal info with dummy values, but not fully cleaned since often times people delete the wrong stuff due to not understanding how the data is used. "Cleaned" VSRO databases hide a few issues with the files that are apparent with the original release, but the original release would not be allowed to be posted as-is anymore due to sensitive information being included.
I'd not expect anything to come from CSRO-R anymore than I would with VSRO personally, but options are always nice, and people having the opportunity to run with different things is always good, although it remains to be seen if people actually want to play that version of SRO (if you care about people playing on pservers and not just hobbyist devs).