The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole
GNU system. It
extensively used by the Hurd. The GNU C Library will provide
needed services it can't provide itself.
One goal of the Hurd is to establish a framework for shared
development and maintenance. The Hurd is like GNU
Emacs in
that it will allow a broad range of users to create and share
useful projects without knowing much about the internal
workings of the system -- projects that might never have been
attempted without freely available source, a well-designed
interface, and a multi-server-based design.
Currently there are free ports of the
Mach kernel to the
Luna 88k and several other machines, with more in
one of these or start your own. Porting the GNU Hurd and GNU
C Library is easy (easier than porting GNU Emacs, certainly
easier than porting GCC) once a
Mach port to a particular
[June 1994 GNU's Bulletin].
(1994-12-07)