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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:10:58 +0300, Michael S wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 01:41:58 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> OpenCL never took off because the GPGPU market simply isn’t competitive
>> enough. NVidia is dominant, AMD plays second fiddle, and that’s it.
> 
> I am not sure about dog-tail relationships.

In a market dominated by one player, the dominant player tends not to like 
open standards. Open standards allow competitors to get a foot in the 
door, and the dominant player doesn’t like that.