[ua709]

Just of out of curiosity, what parts of the University Program don't appeal to you?

https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/university-program.html

You can get free licenses and donated hardware through this program.

[jwrallie]

I didn’t like that you are not supporting Linux in your free tier.

Edit: if it is not clear, the way you treat the community is one way I evaluate my decisions to support or not your company when I suggest using your products to others, students or not.

[ua709]

Fair enough but I don’t work for AMD.

[throwaway85825]

Education is only valuable if there's a market for those skills and its hard to have a healthy market without a strong community.