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"hardware vendors should open up their source" this doesn't make sense, how can you expect hardware companies to do this, where the moat???
by tonyhart7 2y ago
"hardware vendors should open up their source"
this doesn't make sense, how can you expect hardware companies to do this, where the moat???
- mrweasel 2y agoIt's not as bad as it used to be, but one moat some companies had was "excellent support for Linux/Unix/BSD". Until CUDA no one in their right mind would buy Nvidia for their Linux workstation, just like you'd avoid certain Broadcom wireless chips. Hardware companies need their devices supported by as many operating systems as possible, especially if those devices can be used in servers, desktops less so. Apple is pretty much the exception.
- tonyhart7 2y agohaving support for linux != open source their shit You can still support linux while still having closed source
- surajrmal 2y agoSource code is often still very confusing without accompanying documentation. A weird cryptic series of register writes with random values makes it difficult to really understand what's going on.