I thought it was interesting that in 1997 RMS said:<p>&gt; 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&#x27;s root password<p>Sounds a lot like UEFI.  Submitted as a new article here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11560191" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11560191</a>