"you loose the benifit of J3D being cross platform"
That's not true...J3D is still cross platform in the sense that code you
write in Windows will work on Linux...so, you can compile in Windows and
the classes should transfer to Linux. Although the Linux J3D api has
typically
been lagging the Windows version. The actual backbone which interprets
the code is OS dependent (I believe)...so in that respect you are correct.
Mario
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Denniss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Lessons Learned
On Saturday 09 August 2003 00:32, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Pantera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > ... Perhaps they will
> > eventually decide to make Java 3D open source. However, be
> > careful what you wish for. The Java 3D source is huge and
> > complex. There are native sections for Solaris, Windows/OpenGL,
> > and Windows/Direct3D, plus common code. I don't know how you'd
> > open source a build process that requires different pieces of
> > the code be built on different machines running different
> > operating systems.
>
> What about Blackdown ? They should have pretty good insight into the
> complexities of Java3D.
> Are they interested in developing it further ?
But the problem is that Blackdown only runs on linux which menas you loose
the
benifit of J3D being cross platform. Depending on your target audience, but
if you are aiming at the average consumer most of them use Windows (a pity,
yes) so they need to be catered for.
Will.
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