> I hope so, the comment was prompted by the following article:
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118968,00.html
Not the best piece of journalism in the industry. The issues of patents are
real, but while it seems possible that MS could have patent rights on
the techniques commonly used to implement the ARB_Vertex_program
extension, it doesn't mean the end of OpenGL or even that extension. MS
have not actually detailed their claim to the best of my knowledge. There is the
risk that enforcing a claim here, may lay MS open to being shut out of the
Next Big Thing on the graphics hardware if they don't own the patent.
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