On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:42:33 +0200, Andy Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ I'm as much a linux guy as anyone, but it's important to keep the
flames within the bounds of reason. ]
Sid Boyce wrote:
Shame on Groklaw, I missed that, it warrants a reply from me. The
mention of MS "not supporting OpenGL" is an oxymoron, it'll be a
cold day in hell when Microsoft supports anything with "open" in the
name.
Dont be so sure , they have recently "bought" themselves some open source
expertise in the form of Daniel Robbins the (former) key founder of Gentoo.
The motive is presumably know thine enemy, or maybe they just wanted
someone to maintain their linux servers ;)
To be fair: Microsoft *does* ship OpenGL with all their operating
systems, along with a driver model into which OEM video card
manufacturers can hook accelerated drivers.
I think the key point is not to confuse "ship" with "support".
Now, they don't give it the love that they do with Direct3D, and in
fact haven't updated the interface since OpenGL 1.1 around 1999.
Using newer functions requires indirecting through the
wglGetProcAddress() mechanism.
But it is there, it does work, and lots of shipping software uses it.
It's not likely to go away any time soon.
Andy
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