What is supposed to be so great about Hurd? (Score 1)

I understand that is a microkernel design, but other than that what is the point? Linux is already here and although it may not be perfect I can't think of a better system for the hardware it runs on. From what I understand there are a few things that FreeBSD does better or more efficiently, but overall linux is still a better system. So now we have hurd. I'm not even going to go as far as to make fun of it with the letter T. Whoever came up with the name clearly didn't think about how easily it could be maligned. I've never used Hurd, I've only read about it. It may have the foundations of a great system, but is it necessary? I'm not a kernel hacker so I don't know how difficult it would be to evolve the linux kernel to the point that it had the features that hurd promises. I just think that the effort to develop hurd would be better spend developing and improving linux. We don't have an infinite supply of programming talent at our disposal.