[GRLUG] Torvalds -vs- Tanenbaum

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 08:52:23PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
> http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html
> 
> Some here might enjoy this.  Started in 1992, it's mostly historical
> now.

History is interesting.

> GNU's hurd hasn't materialized in something like 25 years.  Mike
> Bushnell worked on it, collided with Stallman, changed his name to
> Thomas, and is now a monk or some such thing, although he still does
> software.  I have no idea where the hurd stands, might ever go, etc.
> Minix doesn't seem like a serious contender for a GNU kernel.
> 
> Anyway, if you want to get a hint at what all the shouting was about,
> try the link above.

Hurd is around.  -ish.  Debian is attempting to have it ready in time
for Wheezy's release.  (I think it's doubtful, but I'm hardly up on the
dev scene within Debian.)
-- 
john-thomas
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