[Gllug] Vista

Chris Jones cmsj at tenshu.net
Tue Feb 6 11:03:16 UTC 2007


Hi

Alain Williams wrote:
> I notice that they are dropping OpenGL ... presumably to make it more
> difficult to write cross operating system graphical apps.

Which is an interesting move, because Direct3D isn't really the API of
choice outside games. If you're doing high end 3D you almost certainly
use GL. Perhaps this is Microsoft recognising that they are never going
to control the 3d workstation market and so giving up on GL?

Cheers,
-- 
Chris Jones
  cmsj at tenshu.net
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