[repsilat]

> the functionality provided by GNU is critical and would require a large effort to replace

This isn't really true. You could just grab your userspace from a BSD, or Plan9Port. Clang and LLVM do well enough to replace GCC on most important architectures.

[jrockway]

Clang and LLVM do well enough to replace GCC on most important architectures.

25 years later. Very few works are relevant for that long.

[chanux]

I would like to see someone go make a free operating system without using a single GNU piece. Just for the kicks.

[andrewf]

Android.