>Minix was first released in 87, three years before development on HURD even began. Minix wasn't an attempt at a production kernel in 1987. Minix 1 and Minix

>Minix was first released in 87, three years before development on HURD even began. Minix wasn't an attempt at a production kernel in 1987. Minix 1 and Minix 2 were purely for teaching. Minix 3 was a completely new project, and wasn't started until 2005. >but perhaps it will be decently soon The history of the project and its current state suggest that is unlikely. >Development on HURD has really surged in the past year or two, I'd like to say. You might very well like to say that, but that doesn't mean it is true. There are no competent systems programmers working for/with GNU, it is highly unlikely that the random assortment of people chosen for their politics rather than their skillset will be able to turn the longest festering mess of code ever into a production ready kernel.