Quote of the day by Linux creator Linus Torvalds: 'Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with' — airing frustrations at walled gardens
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Longstanding frustration with closed GPU ecosystems is resurfacing just as AI demand concentrates power in a few vendors. Infra leaders should treat portability — across hardware, drivers, and runtimes — as a strategic hedge, even if it costs you some short-term performance.
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