I comment on the issue a bit. As Christoph pointed out, one of the
features in GRUB is that it is (relatively) user-friendly. And, we
say, "GRUB is useful for experts like OS developers
simultaneously". But is the latter really true?
The strategy used in GRUB is to _pass information_ about hardware
and user input data to an OS image, while the strategy used in both
Open Firmware and EFI is to _give interfaces_ to access hardware. In
other words, GRUB provides higher level interfaces to an OS image than
Open Firmware or EFI. I think our strategy is more convenient, but I'm
not sure if it is enough.
If you have spare time (I don't have, for now), investigate Open
Firmware and/or EFI, and compare them with the Multiboot Specification
and GRUB's interfaces. Such a study will be helpful in the future.
Okuji
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