long live OEMs (Score 1)

humm. another trustworthy firmware piece of code I have no control of. great. but why should I care - I'm running a open platform ! i can verify every single line of code I'm running ! think again. the hw barrier endures - coding is much easier than pcb printing. So you end up with g00gle pitching android as 'open and free' while restricting any root privileges, your TPM chip busy DRM'ing on your behalf & your TiVo phoning home. how long until your LCD denies you playing videos ? what will prevent Sony from taking another shot at RK technology at the firmware level ?

I know that asking for fully open hardware is asking for a lot - but seriously - can we compromise for any thing else ? I only hope I'll have the guts to swallow the performance penalty once such hardware exists.