> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:25:54 -0700 > From: Justin Couch > Subject: Re: Java 3D, GL4Java, JOGL, GLUT > > John Wright wrote: > Who controls JOGL? Per java.net this is "athomas djp gamesadmin > kbr". You might have looked at the wrong one. The Java Open AL > (JOAL) is lead by "athomas". I have a strong feeling that that > is Athomas Goldberg. If so, the API is in _very_ good hands. > -- Justin Couch > http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ > Java Architect & Bit Twiddler http://www.yumetech.com/ > Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/
And djp is Dan Petersen, former project lead of Java 3D. Sun is behind jogl.
From what I understand, the decision was made by the new games group (headed by Java 3D architect Doug Twilleager) that Sun needed to support OpenGL bindings for Java. The most advanced open source implementation was called "Jungle" so that was adopted and its name changed to jogl. It supports OpenGL 1.4, whereas gl4java is only up to 1.3.
I don't think anyone at Sun actually works on jogl full time, because it's open source. But it is being promoted and backed as the standard OpenGL bindings for Java.
The forum for jogl is closed. They are sending people to the javagaming.org forums or the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list.
-Paul Pantera http://www.presidiolabs.com
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