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"Anthony Ventimiglia" <shepherd@pack.0f.wo1v35> wrote in message
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> >>>>On Wednesday 26 June 2002 07:18 pm,  Jay Maynard boldly stated:
>
> >
> > Is it ready for more than hacking, though? Besides, even if it has been
> > for two years, that makes it a mere 8 years behind Linux, and that just
> > shows how the Hurd effort was so much vapor until RMS decided to have an
> > OS of his own, once it became obvious that Linus wasn't going to kowtow
to
> > him.
>
> You can look at it that way, but the Hurd is completely different design
> wise from The Linux Kernel. It's not just meant to be a replacement at
all.
> It's not 8 years behind Linux, because it's not following Linux, it's on a
> path of it's own. And BTW The whole reason GNU was started is so We could
> all have an OS of our own.

 not quite..

   we have gnu-emacs because DECUS would not get off it's
collective tush and fix TECO. RMS rewrote teco's functionality
 and it's ExtendedMaCroS using his favorite language of choice.

 he wanted to make sure that the crap that DECUS pulled,
would not infect his fix.

 same idea for gnu-c
   and then came the entire traveling circus that has become fsf/gnu

 We were all so happy when the initial proposal of Hurd was made.
 It was going to change the future and it was going to be good.

  any day now (for 4 years)   any day now.

 Just because some of the stuff takes a little longer, and some get
frustrated
doesn't mean that one has to remove -all- the gnu software 'cause
we don't like the new current item.

  If bsd had not lead the way, I doubt if many of the changes
(or software) that is now the thundering pack would have
ever taken off.
   (for those not having been afflicted with this particular troll..
   his pet peeve is someone might discuss something other
  than his version of Unix in the comp.unix. directory set
  or ever use tools that he does not use on his Unix-wannab
  system.
     !there you are upto date... )