At this time last year, AMD was preparing for a lay off in November (2012) in which they let a bunch of their open source GPU devs go. [1][2] [3] My projection

At this time last year, AMD was preparing for a lay off in November (2012) in which they let a bunch of their open source GPU devs go. [1][2] [3] My projection is that this is an attempt to draw in the unpaid open source community. Both a smart and a dick move: they could have released this info while maintaining the paid positions, IMO. [1] "Did AMD shoot itself in the foot by laying off open-source talent? " http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/110712-amd-open-source-264062.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/110712-amd-open-source... [2] AMD shutters German Linux lab, gives devs the axe http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/amd_closes_german_osrc_lab/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/amd_closes_german_os... [3] AMD dismisses numerous open source developers http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/AMD-dismisses-numerous-open-source-developers-1745131.html http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/AMD-dismisses-numerou...