Marcus Brinkmann is a developer in the GNU/Hurd and Hurd/L4 projects (which aim to create a microkernel-based alternative to the monolithic Linux kernel) and recently wrote the code that allowed the execution of programs for the first time on Hurd/L4. He now provided a new interview (Coral cache) answering questions on the Hurd architecture, driver support, security, micro-kernel performance and more. He also gives his opinion on the free software philosophy and the software patents, and he reveals how he learnt programming on a C64 while he was in the elementary school. In the end he is asked to provide some advice on how to learn programming and he explains how experienced developers can help the Hurd project, without of course omitting to give some clues about the future of the Hurd, which looks very promising after the new development.