If someone will maintain it, is not the point, is the project/patch encapsulation so bad that it can't be add without producing a management hell?
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Originally posted by Brisse View Post
One tries hard to lock you in on purpose. The other doesn't.
Also, in a few years we are probably going to see a third vendor enter the high end GPU market and they sure won't support Nvidia proprietary technology.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostFYI:
GBM is for display, CUDA is for computing, great apples and oranges comparison.
Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostWere you afraid of talking about our lord and saviour OpenCL?
And even then, GBM is not proprietary and patented, any vendor can use it.
Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostCUDA is, and whoever tries to offer CUDA on their hardware will get sued to hell by NVIDIA.
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Originally posted by Khrundel View PostAnd one starts with "G" while other with "C". When you don't like analogy, you always find apples and oranges.
EGLStreams isn't patented too,
But no, you chose to compare GBM to CUDA that is a completely different thing on all levels.
NVidia supports OpenCL too, anyone who wishes can use openCL and have no vendor lock. So, why do you blame NVidia?
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And what’s with all the package formats? We only need one package format. And because only I know what’s best, that one package format must be the one package format that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the interface toolkits? We only need one interface toolkit! And because only I know what’s best, that one interface toolkit must be the one interface toolkit that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the desktop environments? We only need one desktop environment. And because only I know what’s best, that one desktop environment must be the one desktop environment that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the . . .
/s
* Original quote edited by GizmoChicken.
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Originally posted by RomuloP View PostIf someone will maintain it, is not the point, is the project/patch encapsulation so bad that it can't be add without producing a management hell?
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Originally posted by c117152 View Post
The linux kernel is monolithic precisely to prevent the kind of modularity Windows and UEFI provide that encourages closed-source. The fact APIs take collaboration in design and maintenance isn't a bug. It's a feature.Last edited by RomuloP; 11 April 2018, 09:36 PM.
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Originally posted by GizmoChicken View Post
Agreed!
And what’s with all the package formats? We only need one package format. And because only I know what’s best, that one package format must be the one package format that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the interface toolkits? We only need one interface toolkit! And because only I know what’s best, that one interface toolkit must be the one interface toolkit that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the desktop environments? We only need one desktop environment. And because only I know what’s best, that one desktop environment must be the one desktop environment that I use! Sucks to be anyone but me!
And what’s with all the . . .
/s
* Original quote edited by GizmoChicken.
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