[Sheflug] GNU Hurd

[Darrell Blake <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I was reading linux format today and reading up about the GNU Hurd (which 
Richard Stallman hopes to get sorted by the end of the year). It bothered me 
a little, maybe just because I know so little about it, but is this going to 
be a whole different unix-like kernel or is there gonna be only slight 
differences like the difference between the BSD and Linux kernels? Linux does 
have a head start but is a micro kernel better than a monolithic kernel? A 
question that has plagued mankind since god knows when. I read about 
Stallman's dreams about the Hurd in Rebel Code (amazing book btw) but I 
though he gave up work on it after Linus got in first. I mean, he's been 
working on the Hurd for quite some time now for it to be the first release 
before the end of the year. My fears are that Linux will be forgotten, Hurd 
will be used by the best of the best (just because it's Stallman's work) and 
anyone that uses Linux will be classed as "lame". I guess only time will tell 
this. I suppose in the end, it can only be a good thing that there are more 
unix clones (as long as they don't do what HP, Sun and the rest did and make 
their own "standards").

Darrell

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