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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!skypoint.com!newshub.tc.umn.edu!lynx.unm.edu!bubba.NMSU.Edu!news!pfeiffer From: pfeiffer@nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer) 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: 25 Jun 1996 16:10:27 GMT Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4qp31j$3i6@bubba.NMSU.Edu> References: <4qlf04$7pj@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4qlkf5$77a@jik.israel.net> <4qm254$45v@shangri-la.io.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mongo.cs.nmsu.edu In-reply-to: danielsi@io.com's message of 24 Jun 1996 07:36:52 -0500 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.graphics.api.misc:643 comp.graphics.algorithms:29031 comp.windows.x.i386unix:20370 gnu.misc.discuss:26739 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22259 comp.os.linux.development.apps:18109 In article <4qm254$45v@shangri-la.io.com> danielsi@io.com (Daniel A. Supernaw-Issen) writes: In article <4qlkf5$77a@jik.israel.net>, Jonathan Kamens <jik@annex-1-slip-jik.cam.ov.com> wrote: >I can't possibly be the only one who is sick and tired of hearing Mr. >Van Every's proselytizing about 3D code for Linux. > I'd like to state emphatically that not everyone agrees with Mr Kamens. I sure don't. I wish that I had the time to work on this project. I agree with the perception of threat relating to Microsofts entry into the 3d market. Yes, but... a message on an important topic is appreciated. An occasional message on the topic isn't bad. But at this point, I find myself slipping into a knee-jerk reaction of thinking of Mr. Van Avery as just a Chicken Little, even though I know that's not true. There are many, many important objectives for Linux, of which 3d graphics is only one. I really don't need to see a half dozen theses written on this topic every couple of days. I'd say it's time for Mr. Van Avery to establish a free3d mailling list and invite everybody who has responded to his past posts to join, and try to get his 3d project going in earnest. The time and energy he is devoting to wakeup calls would (IMHO) be better directed to solving the problems he has raised. -- Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone: (505) 646-1605 Assistant Professor FAX: (505) 646-1002 Department of Computer Science http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003