Well it pretty much always was a part of the eco system it just was not open source. We have been contributors to rapids for a while. And yes, we are betting on Nvidia for sure.
For most people building GP GPU solutions they are going to have to make a decision when it comes to which hardware they want to support. After that decision is made it really isn't something you can revisit without copious amounts of money.
So, the part that confuses me with this argument is we live in an Intel world where they have 98% market share in servers. So we're already at the whim of a single company. Why not challenge that dominance?
Not the same. Two companies make x86 processors, and in the very specific case of this article/comment thread, more than one company supports OpenCL. Nvidia/cuda is a one-pony show, no matter how you look at it.
For most people building GP GPU solutions they are going to have to make a decision when it comes to which hardware they want to support. After that decision is made it really isn't something you can revisit without copious amounts of money.