Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012

[Rick C. Hodgin]

If you have to ask, I won't be able to explain it to you. :-)

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

-------- Original Message --------
 From: Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden>
 Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 11:42 AM
 To: Rick C. Hodgin <address@hidden>
 CC: Neal H. Walfield <address@hidden>; address@hidden
 Subject: Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012

>"Rick C. Hodgin" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> We need a complete free operating system that is not tied to Linux,
>> but is largely compatible with it.
>
>Why?
>
>> How many GNU hackers are there?  How many of them would be willing to
>> agree to devote their energies to helping the HURD developers complete
>> the project, get it out of a wonky unusable, untrustworthy state, and
>> into something that's ready for production?  And also to move it out
>> of i386-only, and into supporting i386 and x86-64?
>
>again, why?
>
>> Something needs to happen.  GNU is not complete and never will be
>> until there is a functioning GNU-based kernel at its core.
>
>yes, like understand that there is no need (and hope) to compete with
>Linux.
>
>Giuseppe