Re: Three silly questions to the Hurd-Core
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 09:33:10PM -0500, Lucas C. Wagner wrote:
> > > 3) Hurd -- nowadays -- still relies heavily on the mach microkernel. What
> > > chance does it (Hurd) have to get ported on another one? Is there another
> > > candidate anyway, or this is just a theoretical possibility?
> >
> > The Hurd is the replacement for the Linux monolith kernel.
>
> This is very wrong, please don't make such errornous statements in the
> public. It only alienates people.
>
> Sorry to pick on this issue, but it's quite important, because of the
> negative touch it has to Linux supporters.
>
It's probably historically more accurate to say that Linux is the
replacement of the GNU (Hurd) kernel. What did Torvalds say? "Linux
is only a toy project. It won't be big and professional like the
GNU kernel" (or something like that).
Paul.
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