Hi Michael, Thanks for this statement.
There is another vital issue that I hope you are addressing: we really need Java3D on OS X, and in fact wherever Java is. Without that, Java fails to be platform independent for 3-D graphics. Cheers, Bill ---------------------------------------------------------- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Michael Schulman wrote: > Hi - I thought I had sent this out earlier, but maybe not. The recent email thread > started by Justin has shown us that we have passionate users doing great things. As > Doug has stated, we do read this mail alias. > > > > All - > > Recently there has been much discussion regarding the future of Java 3D (TM) > and Java for OpenGL (JOGL). We wanted to give you an update on this. > > Java 3D is a mature and stable product. There are many applications that use > Java 3D and we are pleased with its acceptance. We have just released version > 1.3.1 which we believe is very stable and robust. Our plans are to maintain > Java 3D should any serious bugs or issues appear. Should this change, we > will let you know. > > Java for OpenGL (R) (jogl) ( http://jogl.dev.java.net/ ) is a Java binding for > the OpenGL API. Sun has released this binding to the open source community. > Our plans are to solicit feedback from the community regarding this binding > and to incorporate this feedback into the jogl library. > > As has been noted, jogl and Java 3D are complementary technologies. Each fit > the needs of different types of applications and developers. Support of one > does not imply non-support for the other. > > > -- > ------------------- > Michael A. Schulman > Product Line Manager - Media Tools and API's > Sun Microsystems > 12 Network Circle > Menlo Park CA 94025 > > Direct: 650-786-0529 FAX: 650-786-6455 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion > "An unparalleled event in network computing! Make the net work for you!" > > WHEN: September 16-18, 2003 > WHERE: Moscone Center, San Francisco > > For more information or to register for the conference, please visit: > http://www.sun.com/sunnetwork > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
