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They've had well over 6 months to do something about it. Their Windows drivers are horrid, their Linux drivers are even worse, and heck, they're not even willing to support Solaris - Sun was one of the first businesses willing to give Opteron a shot in the server market.

I mean, I'm sorry, but I tend to operate on a 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' basis. If I was AMD, as payback for the support by Sun, I would in return dedicate resources to developing drivers for Solaris - heck, it might even allow FireGL hardware to become an option on Sun's own Opteron hardware.

Again, what I see from AMD's management is nothing more than clueless arrogance in the face of the titanic - they're ignoring the fact that they're declining, they're refusing to acknowledge that their refusal to support those outside the 'Windows world' is harming their relationship with those who make decisions within large organisations; don't underestimate how personal prejudices can impact on decisions made for large corporations. If the CIO is unhappy with ATI's support for his Linux laptop, I can assure you that individual isn't going to be purchase a fleet of computers with AMD components anytime soon.



I say punish the whole damn company - simply fobbing off the responsibility to some other 'department' is a technique used by management when they don't want to take responsibility for decisions made. If these managers don't want to take responsibility for the decisions they made, then maybe they should hand in their resignation letter declaring they don't want the responsibility that comes with the job.