The implication that people care about GNU Hurd amuses me. I have nothing against it, but at this point, it's fairly clear that Hurd lost the kernel battle.
And I thought the same thing (about it being Hurd).
And I thought the same thing (about it being Hurd).
If you insist: the absence of a microkernel implementation, regardless of its technical feasibility, means we are all losers of "the kernel battle".