Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:

> SGI then made a good job of marketing the OpenGL API (though screw-ups
> allowed a rival to release the first implementation), and the
> Farenheight (sp?) deal with Microsoft must have damaged alternatives
> such as PHIGS.

More fun with history :-)

By the time Farenheight was announced, the OpenGL vs PEX war was over by
a couple of years at least.  However, Farenheight could be consider the
beginning of the end WRT Microsoft actively endorsing OpenGL.

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