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Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by pjmlp on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @03:16AM (#37045581)
Going off base, as this is about Hurd vs GNU/Linux.

On the IoT space it seems like not everyone is keen in having to deal with GPL and Linux, hence the myriad of FOSS MIT/Apache licensed OSSes that now exist.

Zephyr, NuttX, Mbed, Amazon RTOS, Redox, Tock...

And then there still the commercial alternatives.

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Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @03:54AM (#37045858)
Linux is amazing what you can do with it. You can implement things in a day that you simply couldn't afford otherwise. And it's probably a 100-1000 times less reliable than systems architected around actual RTOS's.
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Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by spookie on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:17AM (#37050288)
To be completely honest, there are people against the GPL just about everywhere. For the same reasons, there are also people just about anywhere that do find value in the GPL.

The license is there for a reason, and its working.

As for "competitors", that's pretty cool :)

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