Comment Re:Linux (Score 2) 52
There is a screw with an electrical contact that write protects the firmware. If you remove the screw, you can install the OS of your choice.
I hate that in "enterprise" hardware, but that's possibly justifiable because at the end of the day it's the whacked-out beancounter logic that carries the decisions, and causes middle management to knowingly want to be fucked over in that particular fashion. I hate that in "consumer" goods like cars, because just the same you just know you're being fucked over. And there is no beancounter to make me want that.
Something that requires government issued license to operate is hardly a "consumer".
The degree of technical confidence is inversely proportional to the level of management.