Clarify use of GNU, Hurd, and GNU/Hurd.

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 <H3><A HREF="#TOCstatus" NAME="status">Status of the project</A></H3>
 <P>
 The Hurd, together with the GNU Mach microkernel, the GNU C Library
-and the other GNU programs, provides a rather complete and usable
-operating system today.  It is not ready for production use, as there
-are still many bugs and missing features.  However, it should be a
-good base for further development and non-critical application usage.
+and the other GNU and non-GNU programs in the GNU system, provide a
+rather complete and usable operating system today.  It is not ready
+for production use, as there are still many bugs and missing features.
+However, it should be a good base for further development and
+non-critical application usage.
 <P>
-GNU/Hurd is completely self-contained (you can compile all parts of
-the Hurd system from GNU/Hurd itself).  You can run several GNU/Hurd
-systems in parallel, and debug even critical servers in another GNU/Hurd
-with gdb.  You can run the X window system, applications that use it,
+The GNU system (also called GNU/Hurd) is completely self-contained
+(you can compile all parts of it using GNU itself).  You can run
+several instances of the Hurd in parallel, and debug even critical
+servers in one Hurd instance with gdb running on another Hurd
+instance.  You can run the X window system, applications that use it,
 and advanced server applications like the Apache webserver.
 <P>
 On the negative side, the support for character devices (like sound