I thought it was interesting that in 1997 RMS said: > free kernels, even entire free operating systems...had existed around the turn of the century...you could

I thought it was interesting that in 1997 RMS said: > free kernels, even entire free operating systems...had existed around the turn of the century...you could not install one if you had one, without knowing your computer's root password Sounds a lot like UEFI. Submitted as a new article here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11560191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11560191