Hi, On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:09:30PM +0530, Jayabalan_Aaron wrote: > first there was gnu-mack, then came l4-pistachio now coyotes if its > goin to be a gnu/os, then why not stick with a gnu microkernal, why > change the microkernal so frequently, is it some thing to do with the > hurd's expectations
Well, it's not really "changing". Rather, Hurd/L4 was an experimental port done *in parallel* to the existing Hurd implementation on Mach; and the same is true for ngHurd. (Only that Hurd/L4 was intended to be a direct port of Hurd/Mach, while ngHurd will be a very different system.) It's not at all clear whether ngHurd will work out, nor whether it will actually *replace* the existing Hurd even if it works. IMHO, the latter is rather unlikely -- it's just too different. I guess they will exist in parallel, or maybe at some point they will get merged into something new -- something the borrows some of the good ideas from ngHurd, but is less radical. -antrik- _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
