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From: vanevery@blarg.net (Brandon J. Van Every)
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
Followup-To: comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.windows.x.i386unix,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Date: 28 Jun 1996 18:46:45 GMT
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Joe Pfeiffer (pfeiffer@nmsu.edu) wrote:
: 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 had hoped that by putting all my posts in 1 thread, out of
comp.os.linux.development.system, and into other more relevant groups
that hadn't heard from me yet, would make people happy.


Cheers,


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