> Surely they could, but at that complexity level, they wouldn't put the necessary amount of effort in it without being payed, and at that point, it's better to hire them.
The assumption that no good software will be written without pay is outdated as FOSS disproved it many times over.
> The assumption that no good software will be written without pay is outdated as FOSS disproved it many times over.
I think I made it clear that the necessary effort has to measure up to the complexity level, modification volume and time constraints typical for competitive GPU hardware - hasn't happened without pay for any GPU.
That may change if most of the GPU drivers are moved on-chip, which should have happened earlier but there's a lot of politics involved there too, so who knows.
The assumption that no good software will be written without pay is outdated as FOSS disproved it many times over.