From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 14:22:34 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
      
   > It's not a bad project to continue, for the larger GNU project, I think   
   > we'd all agree, but you can't deny it's just a slight bit late to the   
   > game.  The Linux kernel has already stood the test of time, the platform   
   > as it's called "GNU/Linux" has an astonishing track record dating back   
   > to the 1990s.  I don't presume it has to always be the same thing.  But   
   > fear of change isn't always rooted in being stuck in one's ways, it can   
   > also be that there are concerns over what it would take to migrate away   
   > from the Linux kernel, in other words Hurd would have inertia in   
   > supplanting the use of Linux kernel in the platform.   
      
   Microkernels are interesting but after 30 years of fits and starts maybe   
   they're not the way to go. XNU started with a Mach version but blended in   
   a lot of BSD ideas to become a successful hybrid.   
      
   Too bad GNU didn't go the BSD route.   
      
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