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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by Zelmor on Saturday December 10, 2016 @07:16AM (#13145324)
Fear of missing out on market segment, as well as support for super-computer configurations. Without keeping a foot in the door for these segments, they risk fading away into obscurity like 3dfx did back in the days (for other reasons, however).
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Re:AMD responds to Linux kernel maintainer's rejection of AM... by anonbanker on Monday December 12, 2016 @09:49AM (#13158374)
For perspective, 3dfx had stellar drivers for their cards, and never had issues with linux kernel maintainers refusing merges of their code for lack of quality.
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