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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by koakuma-chan on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:04AM (#45040721)
Why? Apple makes good products. It seems, unlike Intel.
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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by dylan604 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @12:10PM (#45041580)
Apple hiring her would essentially prevent her from doing it again on other models keeping the moat intact
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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by kccqzy on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:31AM (#45041085)
Apple doesn't have any contributions to the Linux kernel or other parts of the Linux graphics stack. They are unlikely to hire someone who wants to work on open source.
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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by jajuuka on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:19PM (#45044652)
To be fair they don't have anything to do with Linux so there is nothing to contribute back towards. They use BSD licensed software for a reason.

Apple does have open source projects. https://opensource.apple.com But the scope is rather limited. For someone of Alyssa's skillset there really isn't anything there.

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by MangoToupe on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:50PM (#45046696)
Sure but linux isn't necessary. Legacy software can be virtualized
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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by jandrese on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:31AM (#45041077)
Apple doesn’t contribute back to the community.
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