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Large company again makes local decision without considering the effects outside that single product line. I wonder how many Linux GPU sales their decision to penalize Linux on their FPGA line will cost them.
Not many I would guess.
It's likely a case where maintaining separate builds for the free and commercial tiers was getting complex. Often times, this kind of software requires lots of manual reviewing and adding or removing modules, and they probably decided it's just not worth it.
It's long been said: "AMD never misses a chance to miss a chance." In this case, the chance to trash its reputation with customers.
I'm even surprised they have so much of the console market
If you want the platform to be x86 but not AMD then your only other choice is Intel, but they've only recently started making high performance GPUs. So then you need another vendor for the GPU, and your only choice is Nvidia.
A lot simpler, cheaper and predictable to go with a single vendor for both I imagine?
It's long been said: "AMD never misses a chance to miss a chance." In this case, the chance to trash its reputation with customers.
It's long been said: "AMD never misses a chance to miss a chance." In this case, the chance to trash its reputation with customers.
This software seems to never have been open source/freely licensed. That's not a bait and switch. They were giving you a commercial product, for free, and now have decided not to. It's likely a case where maintaining separate builds for the free and commercial tiers was getting complex. Often times, this kind of software requires lots of manual reviewing and adding or removing modules, and they probably decided it's…
I just can't see that cost of having a free Linux version (on top having a paid Linux version) is big?
It's long been said: "AMD never misses a chance to miss a chance." In this case, the chance to trash its reputation with customers.
That's what you get for using unfree software.