I hope you are correct (we use GLScene); I guess the question remains, how concerned would really MS be? Are they really likely to be shut out? How *could* they be shut out? Would a hardware manufacturer care about OpenGL more than DirectX? I have no idea.
Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scadden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: 2D and 3D design issues > > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences > 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand > Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
