Also got a point there... maybe if Linux wasnt around, RMS would already gotten around to writing the HURD for once and for all... Im also one of the people waiting to boot the entire GNU OS, but have been waiting for two years now... and still seeing no signs of relevant progress.
What I meant basically was that, yes, Linux would have remained an unknown-by-most operating system... wasnt really comparing Minixs (??) purpose with Linuxs... (could some english specialist correct me on those "s"?:)
Then again, probably not. Remember, when Linux came around, work had swamped on the HURD for about four or five years... dont know whether not having Linux would have made a difference.
Now, Im not blaming RMS or anyone, maybe, instead of choosing the Mach micro-kernel architecture, they should have gone out and developed their own kernel independently...
If Linux wouldnt have released the Linux source code under the GPL, there definitely wouldnt have been as much cooperation from the Internet community. Programmers tend to stick to lofty (to them) ideals, and giving the world a totally free operating system was probably what interested most of the original Linux hackers (and most of the current ones too). There definitely would be a lot less cooperation from the hacker-community if it were not for that GPL license... we really owe RMS a big one here.
My opinion is that Linux would have remained a obscure project, from some Linus guy somewhere in Europe. And that would be about it... maybe most of us would be using and hyping FreeBSD by now.
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Also got a point there... maybe if Linux wasnt around, RMS would already gotten around to writing the HURD for once and for all... Im also one of the people waiting to boot the entire GNU OS, but
have been waiting for two years now... and still seeing no signs of relevant progress.
What I meant basically was that, yes, Linux would have remained an unknown-by-most operating system... wasnt really comparing Minixs (??) purpose with Linuxs... (could some english specialist correct me on those "s"? :)
Then again, probably not. Remember, when Linux came around, work had swamped on the HURD for about four or five years... dont know whether not having Linux would have made a difference.
Now, Im not blaming RMS or anyone, maybe, instead of choosing the Mach micro-kernel architecture, they should have gone out and developed their own kernel independently...
If Linux wouldnt have released the Linux source code under the GPL, there definitely wouldnt have been as much cooperation from the Internet community. Programmers tend to stick to lofty (to them) ideals, and giving the world a totally free operating system was probably what interested most of the original Linux hackers (and most of the current ones too). There definitely would be a lot less cooperation from the hacker-community if it were not for that GPL license... we really owe RMS a big one here.
My opinion is that Linux would have remained a obscure project, from some Linus guy somewhere in Europe. And that would be about it... maybe most of us would be using and hyping FreeBSD by now.
Just my two cents...