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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.iif.hu!isyshu!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!hell.team17.com!charlie From: charlie@team17.com (Charlie Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.windows.x.i386unix,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Re: Freeware community needs 3d library NOW Date: Tue, 25 Jun 96 20:05:16 GMT Organization: Team 17 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4qpd9c$9at@hell.team17.com> References: <4qlf04$7pj@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4qn08b$ntl@fido.asd.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: charlie.team17.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.graphics.api.misc:622 comp.graphics.algorithms:28938 comp.windows.x.i386unix:20347 gnu.misc.discuss:26698 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22106 comp.os.linux.development.apps:18034 In article <4qn08b$ntl@fido.asd.sgi.com>, akin@tuolumne.asd.sgi.com (Allen Akin) wrote: >As we've discussed in the past, many of your statements about OpenGL >are incorrect, and generally I'll respond to them so that other people >aren't misled. In this case, I'll simply ask if you're really serious >about building an alternative to Direct3D. If so, you ought to >reconsider OpenGL. the only reason anyone could consider OpenGL as an alternative to Direct3D is that Direct3D is incredibily slow too.. charlie