i see the article says that Marcus Brinkmann and Neal Walfield are the main developers. i dont see anything from them on the bug-hurd mailing list are they still the main or most active developers?
M, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 01:07:51PM -0500, Oz wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jure Repinc <[email protected]> >> wrote: > >> > I've just seen a new article about GNU Hurd: >> > http://www.h-online.com/open/features/GNU-HURD-Altered-visions-and-lost- >> > promise-1030942.html > >> it was a good article no? > > I can't say I like it very much... IMHO it gives a wrong impression -- > the article, and especially the title. While it became obvious that the > original goal of developing a kernel faster failed long ago, I don't > think the vision changend otherwise at all. > > Especially the last page gives an impression that the developers don't > know how to proceed. That's a major exaggeration. Some developers were > experimenting with the possibility of using alternative microkernels a > couple of years ago; and that's all. > > This is actually a pity, as otherwise this article could be quite > interesting to people not familiar with the history -- while I have seen > most of the quotes in various contexts before, I haven't seen them all > in one place thus far. But the way it is written, I feel that the > article does more for spreading misunderstanding than for informing > people how things really are. > > -antrik- > >
