I don't think language flamewars are very interesting - especially ones based on political rather than technical grounds - so let's just say that I should have

I don't think language flamewars are very interesting - especially ones based on political rather than technical grounds - so let's just say that I should have qualified my statement with "in my opinion" and leave it at that. Re: the original point, I have the impression that Nvidia has been more active in engaging universities and that's probably a better explanation for why their cards were used rather than AMDs.