Re: Development Speed

[Po Lu]

Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:

>> Raspberry Pis cannot run usably with 100% free firmware, while the old
>> PCs RMS was referring to can.

> Are you implying that it is possible to turn regular PCs from before IME
> into systems with 100% free firmware?

Yes.  In fact, some small businesses buy those PCs and install the free
software and firmware onto them.

> There are multiple components on a typical system that use their own
> firmware, many of them are not writable.

If they are not writeable, they are not free or nonfree, for the same
reason hardware is not free or nonfree.