On 25-Jul-98 Michael Lankton wrote: It will eventually be usable, but will it matter? I can't see GNU developers pulling support for Linux because they have their own kernel. There's also freedows, or any of the message-passing OS variants that are a little more revolutionary... P.S. I didn't see the other messages before responding with mine! Really!
Both of you boys get extra credit! Actually I have no doubt that eventually the Hurd will be a fairly usable os, nowhere near the functionality of linux or freebsd. The staggering amount of development in the linux community is a phenomenon that won't be duplicated any time soon, but there are some other free unices that warrant some interest, albeit none are as feature-rich or host the wealth of apps that linux does.
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