rookieMP

Yeah, I can see that they ripped off the magic mouse icon, but nothing else stands out as being in the least bit egregious.

I did say "one of the reasons", not "the only reason".

Nope. Sorry.

Oh right, and Linus Torvalds wrote all the millions of lines of code that comprise the Linux kernel. Sure it started out as a single person project, but it certainly didn't stay that way. One of the reasons development on Linux progresses so quickly is because of the vast number of developers.

HURD, to contrast, had a small base initially and has remained that way.

Minix was first released in 87, three years before development on HURD even began.

Yeah, okay, that was just nitpicking. But they're not doing that anymore, so why bother complaining about it anymore? Sure, it's not up to snuff yet, but perhaps it will be decently soon. Development on HURD has really surged in the past year or two, I'd like to say.

MINIX seems to be working pretty well these days.

A lot of people will point and laugh at HURD, calling it a really sad project or whatever. Why? Considering the small number of developers, it has come along spectacularly. Over time, HURD has been improving at a decently consistent rate. I remember a time when it was nearly impossible to get it running even on QEMU. God damn people, sure it's missing features; but those features don't inhibit it running. I, for one, am glad that they decided to get it stable before they get it fast.

I will always wait for the day I can say my computer runs GNU. Nothing else, just GNU.