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diff --git a/hurd/history.mdwn b/hurd/history.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 02316f69..00000000 --- a/hurd/history.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,92 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free -Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -Richard Stallman (RMS) started GNU in 1983, as a project to create a -complete free operating system. In the text of the GNU Manifesto, he -mentioned that there is a primitive kernel. In the first GNUsletter, -Feb. 1986, he says that GNU's kernel is TRIX, which was developed at -the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - -By December of 1986, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) had "started -working on the changes needed to TRIX" [Gnusletter, Jan. 1987]. -Shortly thereafter, the FSF began "negotiating with Professor Rashid -of Carnegie-Mellon University about working with them on the -development of the Mach kernel" [Gnusletter, June, 1987]. The text -implies that the FSF wanted to use someone else's work, rather than -have to fix TRIX. - -In [Gnusletter, Feb. 1988], RMS was talking about taking Mach and -putting the Berkeley Sprite filesystem on top of it, "after the parts -of Berkeley Unix... have been replaced." - -Six months later, the FSF is saying that "if we can't get Mach, we'll -use TRIX or Berkeley's Sprite." Here, they present Sprite as a -full-kernel option, rather than just a filesystem. - -In January, 1990, they say "we aren't doing any kernel work. It does -not make sense for us to start a kernel project now, when we still -hope to use Mach" [Gnusletter, Jan. 1990]. Nothing significant occurs -until 1991, when a more detailed plan is announced: - -<BLOCKQUOTE> -We are still interested in a multi-process kernel running on top of -Mach. The CMU lawyers are currently deciding if they can release Mach -with distribution conditions that will enable us to distribute it. If -they decide to do so, then we will probably start work. CMU has -available under the same terms as Mach a single-server partial Unix -emulator named Poe; it is rather slow and provides minimal -functionality. We would probably begin by extending Poe to provide -full functionality. Later we hope to have a modular emulator divided -into multiple processes. [Gnusletter, Jan. 1991]. -</BLOCKQUOTE> - -RMS explains the relationship between [[the Hurd and -Linux|documentation/hurd-and-linux]], where he mentions -that the FSF started developing the Hurd in 1990. As of [Gnusletter, -Nov. 1991], the Hurd (running on Mach) is GNU's official kernel. - ---- - -# Announcements - -These are all the announcements made over the years. Most of them were -either sent to the <A HREF="news:gnu.announce">gnu.announce</A> news group or Hurd interest -mailing lists. - - * [[hurd-flash15]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (complete GNU system) - * [[hurd-flash14]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (Hurd) - * [[hurd-flash13]] -- Test release announcement (Aug 96) - * [[hurd-flash12]] -- Test release status (Jul 96) - * [[hurd-flash11]] -- Binary image available, Apr 96 - This and [NetBSD](http://www.netbsd.org/) boot flopies should be enough to - get a working GNU/Hurd system! - * [[hurd-flash10]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 96 -- NFS and lots else works! - * [[hurd-flash9]] -- News Flash, Nov 95 -- ftp works! - * [[hurd-flash8]] -- New Snapshot, Jul 95 -- ext2fs support - * [[hurd-flash7]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 95 - * [[hurd-flash6]] -- News flash, Nov 94 - * [[hurd-flash5]] -- News flash, Sep 94 -- gcc runs! - * [[hurd-flash4]] -- News flash, Aug 94 - * [[hurd-flash3]] -- News flash, Jul 94 -- emacs runs! - * [[hurd-flash2]] -- News flash, May 94 - * [[hurd-flash]] -- News flash, Apr 94 -- it boots! - * [[hurd-announce2]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, Nov 93 - * [[hurd-announce]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, May 91 - ---- - - * [History - 1997-2003](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00718.html) - -- personal view of Marcus Brinkmann about Hurd development in 1997-2003. - ---- - - * [[Port_to_L4]] |