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The only reason GNU/Hurd is still a popular subject of discussion is its historical fame. There is no concrete reasoning behind this project anymore as to why it may find adoption. It is not easy to write operating systems in the first place. Adoption is even harder today because the subject is very well explored and the solution has become a commodity.

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I don't agree. With virtualisation systems such as Xen it has become easier to use specific operating systems for specific tasks, either as hypervisor or VM.

If the GNU Hurd people can prove that, due to its modularity, it is really that more secure than current OS approaches, I can certainly see some uses.

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