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MS Buys (Some) SGI Patents

Posted by Hemos on from the render-faster-and-faster dept.

FatRatBastard writes "The Reg. is reporting that Microsoft has purchased the rights to most of SGI's 3D patents. Speculation from the Reg hacks is that MS may want the patents more for crushing OpenGL support than for technology they're building inhouse." Well, crush is strong - but it would give them more leverage with some hardware vendors for sure.

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  1. Re:John Carmack on Direct 3D by dzym · · Score: 5, Informative

    How about this one.

    A log can change in 5 years, eh?

    I mean, god forbid that Microsoft actually improves their products?