RMS Says Hurd Could Be Loosed in 2002

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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[sql*kitten]

Has anyone else noticed those huge ads that seem to be randomly appearing in the middle of articles? I click reload and it disappears. Not that I've got anything against HP e-business infrastucture, but that's what banners are for.

Anyway, back on topic. RMS has been saying Hurd could be loosed every year since sliced bread was invented (which was 1984). But seriously, what does Hurd do that Mach doesn't? Or is this just RMS repeating the Symbolics episode?

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[MrFredBloggs]

"Has anyone else noticed those huge ads that seem to be randomly appearing in the middle of articles?"

No, but i use JunkBusters. I sometimes see an empty square - thats about it.

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[sql*kitten]

What do you mean "Offtopic"? Didn't you read the second paragraph?

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[bleckywelcky]

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[Lendrick]

This is Slashdot. Stray from the Sacred Topic even for a moment, and you get modded down. Defend yourself, and you get modded down.

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[david duncan scott]

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Re:Hurd-GNU/Linux

[gle]

Everybody come back to the free tribune.

Fucking Mussels !

(double take)

[A_Non_Moose]

Am I the only one suffering from Slashdot Grammar Syndrome (SGS)?

Upon seeing "could be Loosed" I read could be "Lost" or could "Lose", not "could be released" as the headline intended.

Needless to say I was expecting a "tale of woe" only to be greeted with "cheery" comments.

Then I thought: "Heh, They got it right, confusing thousands of /. reader in the process who automatically swap lose/loose internally".

{No, I didn't read the article, but I did read the headline...sorta like responding to .sigs...but HEY! I'm still on topic!}

My mistake. Win some, Loose some....
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