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RMS Says Hurd Could Be Loosed in 2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Repent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Hurd is finished?

    The end must surely be nigh!

    1. Re:Repent! by hawk · · 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 hawk · · Score: 3, Funny
      >WHAT?! Apple did release OS X!


      And I suppose you believe they turned on the lights at Wrigly field, too?


      :)


      hawk

    3. Re:Repent! by Bilestoad · · 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.

  2. Hurd-GNU/Linux by Anders · · 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.

  3. Red alert ! Red alert ! by Anonymous Coward · · 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 !

  4. The HURD Dead Pool Betting Pool by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    Place your bets here!

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  5. Re:What makes Hurd different? by HiQ · · 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!

  6. What IS the status? by pinkUZI · · 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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  7. Light of Day by paranoid.android · · 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 · · 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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  8. Re:"Free" Linux Distro by mark_lybarger · · 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 :).

  9. Nice Try, Stallman! by Greyfox · · 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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  10. You mean "could be lost"? :-) by kcbrown · · 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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