I'll be honest by saying I for one have never heard hurr durr before. It might be a bit more localized than you think. Frankly though it's unnecessary to be so

I'll be honest by saying I for one have never heard hurr durr before. It might be a bit more localized than you think. Frankly though it's unnecessary to be so personal regarding the people involved, or even the name. Yes, at this point Hurd is no more than a curiosity. That has nothing to do with the name and everything to do with that we're not really looking for another OS. There are already a bunch of OS's to choose from. For production machines you can already choose between Windows, Mac, Linux (plus ChromeBook et al), and even BSD. Within each of those there are several mainstream flavors, and other minor ones. No one is realistically punting for Hurd in any kind of "real" environment. That said very minor OS's do provide interest to academics and hobbiests. New ideas and concepts can be tried before they get folded into main-stream OS's.