> Why was the decision made to provide such extensive compatibility with > Linux? Other than the time factor is there any other reason why > programs/functionality are being ported from Linux to the Hurd.
I'm not sure what you mean, exactly. There is great source compatibility between GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux because they have GNU libc in common, and because source compatibility is always a useful thing. The reason that people have been porting packages "from Linux to the Hurd" is that most people are working towards a Debian/Hurd system and so naturally taking the existing set of Debian source packages as a starting point.
