I hate this language, its so fucking dehumanizing. “Viable competitor” is such bullshit. Torvalds gave away his commitment to freedom with binary blobs. That’s his decision to do. But to label Hurd on that same level is the biggest disservice to history you could ever do.

Hurd will never be the “viable competitor” because you hold selfish attitudes about how makes software valuable or not.

Torvalds sold out. Hurd didn’t.