Re: Why run xserver on the OpenGL API?
Jon Smirl <jonsmirl-/[email protected]>
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--- Michel Dänzer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 07:45, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > Apps that are targeted to tiny machines will use xlib. freedesktop xserver > will > > of course support xlib as a compatility mode. > > Sort of like posting to a Mesa list proposing to phase out OpenGL in > favour of another API, but still support Mesa as a compatibility mode. A > bit silly, isn't it? :) > Don't underestimate the impact Microsoft is going to have on PC shipments starting in 2006. Longhorn is going to require 3D hardware. The MS hardware evangelism group, which puts out those little approved to run windows logos, is going to force every PC vendor out there to include 3D hardware is every PC sold that ships with Windows installed (99.99% of PCs). The big implication of this is that office PCs and laptops are all going to start shipping with 3D hardware standard. So, for no reason that has anything to do with us or Linux, 3D hardware is going to be pervasive in the future. The simple question is, does xserver want to take advantage of this? If you answer yes, then given the lead times in coverting apps to new APIs, we really should have started last year. Linux is already going to be late with a Longhorn response, but how late do we want it to be? ===== Jon Smirl jonsmirl-/[email protected] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/