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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!chronos.synopsys.com!news.synopsys.com!jbuck From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck) 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: 30 Jun 1996 22:59:44 GMT Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043-4033 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4r70t0$2d4@hermes.synopsys.com> References: <4qlf04$7pj@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4qqh4v$6ql@guysmiley.blarg.net> <Pine.3.91.960626174508.909F-100000@hurricane.cs.odu.edu> <4r181a$j78@guysmiley.blarg.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deerslayer.synopsys.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.graphics.api.misc:689 comp.graphics.algorithms:29168 comp.windows.x.i386unix:20402 gnu.misc.discuss:26838 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22521 comp.os.linux.development.apps:18260 Jamie Bowden (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote: >: S3 will send the book on it's virge 3d accelerator...it has all >: engineering specs, for physically building your own graphics accelerator, >: as well as all necessary programming specifications. No NDA necessary. vanevery@blarg.net (Brandon J. Van Every) writes: >Hey Jamie, can you post a URL that verifies that committment? Also, >last I heard, S3 wanted some kind of guarantee that you're working on >a commercial product, before they'd send it. But Linux is a commercial product, with sales in the millions of dollars. If they are willing to send the information without an NDA to someone working on a commercial product, let's just get someone from Red Hat or Yggdrasil to ask them for it, and demonstrate that they are a real business if they need to see that. We need to demonstrate more clearly to the vendors that Linux is a market, and a much bigger one than, say, SCO. It annoys me to see "SCO OK" on SCSI interface cards when it would be worth more money to the vendor to be able to put "Linux OK", complete with Bogo the penguin. Perhaps those involved with Linux International or the Linux Publicity Project could take this on. -- -- Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> (not speaking for Synopsys, Inc) Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. -- Vaclav Havel