On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:54:27 -0500, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/2015 11:59 AM, moxalt wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:20:07 -0500, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 11/21/2015 06:21 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> On Friday 20 November 2015 12:35:34 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>>> OTOH we woldn't be here were > >>>> it not for one very vociferous preacher, RMS > >>> > >>> And there was I thinking I was here because of Linus and Ian. ;-) > >> > >> Me too. Where would be be without Linus? Ric > > > > In Hurd-land ;) > > I truly hope that Hurd becomes all that it can be. :) Ric Alas, I fear it is too late... Hurd is basically where Linux was in 1991. In a way it would probably have been better if Linux had never been developed. We could have just used a deblobbed BSD kernel or something in the meantime, while GNU would have given the Hurd its full attention. It would have been *even better* if RMS had just gone with the initial plan to use a simple monolithic kernel, rather than the technically ambitious kernel. It would probably have been done before Linux even started- and Linus would never have even needed to write a Minix clone for his PC... Either of these situations would have prevented the hijacking of free software by 'open source'. Actually, maybe even that was a good thing... it certainly popularised and spread our wonderful GNU system. Now all that remains is to bring the ethics of the matter back on the table and spread freedom everywhere... :)
