RMS Says Hurd Could Be Loosed in 2002

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RMS Says Hurd Could Be Loosed in 2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 12, 2002 @12:55AM from the let-slip-the-dogs-of-code dept.

Mark Cappel writes "According to PCWorld, RMS said in an interview in India that Hurd will see the light of day this year."

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Repent! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-12 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny

The Hurd is finished?

The end must surely be nigh!
1. Re:Repent! by hawk · 2002-03-12 01:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes, indeed. Commercially feasible fusion will also be released this year, and Apple will finally release OS X, and Windows will work, really, this time, and . . . And lets not forget the new Amiga that dual boots into BeOS . . .
  
  :)
  
  hawk
2. Re:Repent! by billcopc · 2002-03-12 02:54 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Sure, maybe the first to display infinite recursion in its acronym, but it still doesn't make any sense. Might as well call it the DONK "Dumb Ol' NERD Kit" where NERD = "Not Every Retard's DONK"
  
  Nonsense is nonsense, no matter how many times you repeat it.
  
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3. Re:Repent! by hawk · 2002-03-12 02:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  >WHAT?! Apple did release OS X!
  
  And I suppose you believe they turned on the lights at Wrigly field, too?
  
  :)
  
  hawk
4. Re:Repent! by Bilestoad · 2002-03-12 04:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Geeks talking about recursion is a little bit like teenagers talking about sex.
  
  The ones who don't get it seem to talk about it most.
Hurd-GNU/Linux by Anders · 2002-03-12 01:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I am looking forward to running a Hurd system. "Hurd" is much easier to pronounce than "GhNU slash Linux" is. I think that Torvalds guy should give more consideration to how he names his creations, like the GNU guys do.
Oh, wait.
Red alert ! Red alert ! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-12 01:05 · Score: 3, Funny

RMS said in an interview in India that Hurd will see the light of day this year.

Emergency power to the sarcasm deflectors !
The HURD Dead Pool Betting Pool by linuxislandsucks · 2002-03-12 01:13 · Score: 4, Funny

I bet $150 Hurd will not be released this year..

Place your bets here!

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It's Ahead by The+Gardener · 2002-03-12 01:13 · Score: 1, Funny

The GNU Project launched in 1984 to develop a Unix-like operating system to be offered as free software. By 1991, the Linux kernel was available, ahead of the GNU kernel, called the Hurd.

Oh yeah, the the Linux kernel was available in 1991, ahead of the Hurd kernel. I'd say eleven years and counting is "ahead". It's already been through dozens of revisions, spawned countless companies, aided a massive market bubble, and caused a giant, mutant penguin to terrorized Redmond, WA. I'd say it's "ahead".

The Gardener

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*sniff sniff* - I smell a Flamewar a'brewin :) by NeoTron · 2002-03-12 01:15 · Score: 1, Funny

Wheeee :) Now we'll have the "Hurd is better than Linux because" arguments, and the "Linux is better than Hurd" stuff too :) And we all know what Linus thinks of microkernels :)

*Sits back and watches the ensuing fun*

:)
Re:What makes Hurd different? by HiQ · 2002-03-12 01:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Does Hurd bring other advantages to it that Darwin doesn't already have? Well, yes! The big difference is that Hurd is named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms. Darwin isn't. So there you go!
What IS the status? by pinkUZI · 2002-03-12 01:20 · Score: 3, Funny

The Hurd...provides a rather complete and usable operating system today. It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features.

Complete. Usable. Not Ready. Buggy. Missing Features.

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Light of Day by paranoid.android · 2002-03-12 01:43 · Score: 3, Funny

"RMS said in an interview in India that Hurd will see the light of day this year."

But RMS won't. He hasn't been out of his cave since 1986.
1. Re:Light of Day by scorcherer · 2002-03-12 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  RMS hasn't been out of his cave since 1986.
  Yes, but eventually RMS the Grey will escape the caves of Gnuria (s/dwarf/gnome/) as RMS the White, to join Mr. Frodo Torvalds of Back End in the quest against Bill Sauron of Mordor, WA.
  
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2. Re:Light of Day by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-12 05:49 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  RMS doesn't live in a cave. He lives in the hollowed out chassis of an unused DEC 2060 minicomputer.
Re:"Free" Linux Distro by mark_lybarger · 2002-03-12 01:52 · Score: 3, Funny

>Um, no, not even the FSF are _that_ pedantic. GNU uses Xfree86 which is non-GNU free software.

it's only a matter of time :).
It burns ! It burns ! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-12 02:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Hurd will see the light of day this year.
Which is more than can be said for most of the people reading this ....
Nice Try, Stallman! by Greyfox · 2002-03-12 02:45 · Score: 3, Funny

I see through your clever ploy! No $150 for you! Now go away and don't post, 1 year!

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Re:Linux alone by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-12 04:55 · Score: 1, Funny

yeah. and some of the sourcecode might be written with notepad so give some credit to microsoft too.
See HURD run... by Ed+Avis · 2002-03-12 06:05 · Score: 2, Funny

from the let-slip-the-dogs-of-code dept.
Seems strangely appropriate for a microkernel-based system :-).

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Trashmen's New Song by Juiblex · 2002-03-12 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny

(sing as in "surfing bird")

"Well everybody's heard,
about the Hurd!
Hurd, Hurd, Hurd, Hurd is the word
Hurd, Hurd, Hurd, well Hurd is the word
Don't you know, about the Hurd?
Well everybody knows that Hurd is the word!
Hurd, Hurd, Hurd is the word!

...

Surfin' Hurd
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb... aaah!

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ooma-mow -mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow

Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow

...

Well don't you know about the Hurd?
Well, everybody knows that the Hurd is the word!
Well a Hurd, Hurd, Hurd's the word

Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow...
You mean "could be lost"? :-) by kcbrown · 2002-03-12 14:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Argh...you know you've been reading Slashdot too long when you see the word "loosed" and your first attempt at interpretation yields "lost", even though you never make the mistake of confusing "lose" and "loose" in your own writings...
Sigh...

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