home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!destroyer!wsu-cs!vela!vela!dlcogswe
- From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
- Subject: Re: SGI-GL in Windows NT??
- Message-ID: <dlcogswe.726594945@vela>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- References: <dlcogswe.726536483@vela> <1993Jan9.022025.1801@sequent.com> <dlcogswe.726552612@vela> <1993Jan9.083021.9189@sequent.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:55:45 GMT
- Lines: 24
-
- furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
-
- >But seriously, what is the necessity of requiring a 3D graphics
- >language as part of an OS offering. It's a tool that has it's place
- >in apps, but I see no usefulness at this point in time of requiring
- >inadequate video hardware to support it. (Silicon Graphics, etc.
- >excluded, ofcourse).
-
- I started this whole thread saying, "If NT has GL, I will be switching."
- I think it's funny that all these people are telling me I don't need it.
- You're right. I don't need it: I could implement all the GL functions
- myself. And in about 4 years, I could do something with it.
-
- I'm not arguing that it's a general-purpose feature. I'm not saying
- John Q. Spreadsheet is going to need it but (1) It IS significant to
- some people (e.g., myself) and (2) Microsoft is going to hav bragging
- rights ("Get your NT now with 3D graphics...").
-
-
-
- --
- Dan Cogswell Or as we say in Michigan: "Dee-troit"
-
-
-