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diff --git a/hurd-and-linux.html b/hurd-and-linux.html deleted file mode 100644 index d9181d88..00000000 --- a/hurd-and-linux.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<TITLE>The Hurd and Linux - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE> -<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:web-hurd@gnu.org"> -<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="hurd, linux"> -</HEAD> -<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#9900DD"> - -<H1>The Hurd and Linux</H1> -[ -<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical --> -<!-- PLEASE UPDATE THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM (OR TOP) OF THE PAGE TOO! --> - <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.cn.html">Chinese(Simplified)</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.zh.html">Chinese(Traditional)</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.he.html">Hebrew</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.html">English</A> -| <a href="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.es.html">Spanish</a> <!-- Español --> -] - -<P> -by <A HREF="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</A>. - -<P> - -People sometimes ask, ``Why did the FSF develop a new free kernel -instead of using Linux?'' It's a reasonable question. The answer, -briefly, is that that is not the question we faced. - -<P> -When we started developing the Hurd in 1990, the question facing us -was, ``How can we get a free kernel for the GNU system?'' There was -no free Unix-like kernel then, and we knew of no other plan to write -one. The only way we could expect to have a free kernel was to write -it ourselves. So we started. - -<P> -We heard about Linux after its release. At that time, the question -facing us was, ``Should we cancel the Hurd project and use Linux -instead?'' - -<P> -We heard that Linux was not at all portable (this may not be true -today, but that's what we heard then). And we heard that Linux was -architecturally on a par with the Unix kernel; our work was leading to -something much more powerful. - -<P> -Given the years of work we had already put into the Hurd, we decided -to finish it rather than throw them away. - -<P> -If we did face the question that people ask---if Linux were already -available, and we were considering whether to start writing another -kernel---we would not do it. Instead we would choose another project, -something to do a job that no existing free software can do. - -<P> -But we did start the Hurd, back then, and now we have made it work. -We hope its superior architecture will make free operating systems -more powerful. - -<HR> - -[ -<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical --> -<!-- PLEASE UPDATE THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM (OR TOP) OF THE PAGE TOO! --> - <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.cn.html">Chinese(Simplified)</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.zh.html">Chinese(Traditional)</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.he.html">Hebrew</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.html">English</A> -| <a href="/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.es.html">Spanish</a> <!-- Español --> -] - -<HR> - -Return to <A HREF="/home.html">GNU's home page</A>. -<P> -FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to -<A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. -Other <A HREF="/home.html#ContactInfo">ways to contact</A> the FSF. -<P> -Comments on these web pages to -<A HREF="mailto:web-hurd@gnu.org"><EM>web-hurd@gnu.org</EM></A>, -send other questions to -<A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. -<P> -Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA -<P> -Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is -permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. - -<p> -Updated: -<!-- timestamp start --> -$Date$ $Author$ -<!-- timestamp end --> -</p> - -<HR> -</BODY> -</HTML> diff --git a/hurd/documentation.mdwn b/hurd/documentation.mdwn index a8c3a988..a32bc84f 100644 --- a/hurd/documentation.mdwn +++ b/hurd/documentation.mdwn @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ is included in the section entitled * [[FAQ]] + * [[*The_Hurd_and_Linux*|hurd-and-linux]], a comment by Richard Stallman. + * [[*Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design*|hurd-paper]], an architectural overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG. diff --git a/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html b/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8eccd62c --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/documentation/hurd-and-linux.html @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[meta license="Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is +permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved."]] + +[[meta title="The Hurd and Linux"]] + +by <A HREF="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</A>. + +<P> +People sometimes ask, ``Why did the FSF develop a new free kernel +instead of using Linux?'' It's a reasonable question. The answer, +briefly, is that that is not the question we faced. + +<P> +When we started developing the Hurd in 1990, the question facing us +was, ``How can we get a free kernel for the GNU system?'' There was +no free Unix-like kernel then, and we knew of no other plan to write +one. The only way we could expect to have a free kernel was to write +it ourselves. So we started. + +<P> +We heard about Linux after its release. At that time, the question +facing us was, ``Should we cancel the Hurd project and use Linux +instead?'' + +<P> +We heard that Linux was not at all portable (this may not be true +today, but that's what we heard then). And we heard that Linux was +architecturally on a par with the Unix kernel; our work was leading to +something much more powerful. + +<P> +Given the years of work we had already put into the Hurd, we decided +to finish it rather than throw them away. + +<P> +If we did face the question that people ask---if Linux were already +available, and we were considering whether to start writing another +kernel---we would not do it. Instead we would choose another project, +something to do a job that no existing free software can do. + +<P> +But we did start the Hurd, back then, and now we have made it work. +We hope its superior architecture will make free operating systems +more powerful. |