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>>>>> "AK" == Arthur Kreitman <artk@Congruent.COM> writes:

 AK> Well, the years have passed by, and the Hurd is more vaporware
 AK> like then any announcement from the Evil Empire in Redmond.

It's not vaporware, except maybe by your own particular definition of
the term.

 AK> In the mean time, two important developments have occured.

Only two?

 AK> First, linux has taken the world by storm.  By all accounts,
 AK> there are 1,000,000 of them.

This is good, in fact: great. I'm considering getting a Linux machine
at home. So? What does this have to do with the future of Hurd? Except
from taking away the pressure to produce, that is.

 AK> Second, OSF is making OSF/1, including its microkernel and a full
 AK> xpg3 Unix subsystem available in source code, under an free,
 AK> unrestricted license.

What does this have to do with the future of Hurd?

 AK> It seems to be that time has passed by the Hurd.

It has?

 AK> No one cares,

I do (for purely technical interest for the time being). The current
Hurd design is a pretty radical design.

 AK> and no one will use it if it ever becomes real.

That's what they said about Linux (I'm *sure* we can find a quote that
says so...:-)

 AK> I think that is time to kill its development and move on to
 AK> better things.

What do you care what the FSFs priorities are?

- Steinar

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