[mistrial9]

chicken and egg arguments.. good points and not untrue, but look elsewhere in this topic and see extensive anti-trust behavior, questionable license practices, deceptive public statements and deceptive handling of binary blobs. Very much like Intel - excellent tech in certain places, very mob-like business behavior in other places.

"What are you talking about? AMD/Intel runs torch just fine!" refers indirectly to the value of having competition in markets, not jump on the (well-funded,slick) monopoly bandwagon.