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You missed the bit where AMD chides kernel maintainer for attacking AMD's corporate culture rather than technical merits, and then goes on to chide maintainer c
by vacri 10y ago
You missed the bit where AMD chides kernel maintainer for attacking AMD's corporate culture rather than technical merits, and then goes on to chide maintainer culture in the same paragraph.
And it's not even true what AMD says - that to commit to the kernel you need to be a funky part-time hacker or an immense behemoth. There are tons of small hardware shops out there with drivers in the kernel, written by paid developers. True, a graphics card is much more complex than any other appliance, but the characterisation is extremely wrong - the most active part of the kernel is the drivers, and they're not written by "redhat + movie-style hackers", but largely by the companies that make the hardware.
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- geezerjay 10y ago> You missed the bit where AMD I don't believe he is speaking on behalf of AMD. He is speaking for himself and trying very desperately to shift his blame onto anything he could think of at that time. He clearly tried to blame the problems caused by his technical decisions on subjective and social reasons. I don't believe that a AMD PR employee would be so stupid to ever think of saying such nonsense, particularly in such an eggregious manner. The developer claims he has been working for AMD for 10 years, and yet he still is unable to write a driver, let alone get one accepted. Facts speak for themselves.