[NZOSS-Openchat] Microsoft's FUD campaign against OpenGL

[Matthew Holloway]

Interesting story from game developers about standards in 3D and how the
campaign against open, cross-platform standards has been waged:


> "Often, when we meet other game developers and say that we use OpenGL for
> our game Overgrowth, we're met with stares of disbelief -- why would anyone
> use OpenGL? DirectX is the future. When we tell graphics card
> representatives that we use OpenGL, the temperature of the room drops by ten
> degrees.
>
> This baffles us. It's common geek wisdom that standards-based websites, for
> instance, trounce Silverlight, Flash, or ActiveX. Cross-platform development
> is laudable and smart. No self-respecting geek enjoys dealing with
> closed-standard Word documents or Exchange servers. What kind of bizarro
> world is this where engineers are not only going crazy over Microsoft's
> latest proprietary API, but actively denouncing its open-standard
> competitor?"
>

http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/01/Why-you-should-use-OpenGL-and-not-DirectX

-- 
.Matthew Holloway
http://holloway.co.nz/
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