Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 14 August 2006 12:06 \__
>
>> Seems to me that one problem with conspiracy theories is that they
>> underestimate the amount of damage that can be caused simply by human
>> stupidity and incompetence. Could be the case here (I mean, let's give
>> Microsoft the benefit of the doubt).
>
> What about /this/, Nessuno?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | In the current implementation (as of 2005-09-22) of the OpenGL
> | graphics library in Windows Vista - a soon to be released new version of
> | the Microsoft Windows operating system, OpenGL is not a stand alonelibrary.
> | Instead it functions as a wrapper around DirectX, and is frozen to the
> | vanilla version of OpenGL 1.4.
> |
> | This means that OpenGL applications in Windows Vista will, most
> | likely, suffer from severe performance loss, that, when an OpenGL driveri
> | s loaded, the Windows operating system will have odd behaviours andt
> | hat future versions of OpenGL will not affect the Windows Vista
> | platform. This would result in less developers actively supportingO
> | penGL, and as a result, less applications written which are easy to
> | port to another platform or easy to maintain.
> `----
>
> Source: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/openglvista
>
> I can provide more examples if you are interested.
I already explained that openGL is dead in the water with regard to
Windows apps. A shame.
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