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Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-have-chosen-poorly dept.

srw writes "OpenGL is the industry choice for cross platform, hardware accelerated 3D graphics, and it is also the only way you can get fast 3D graphics on your Linux desktop. It now seems Windows Vista implements OpenGL via Direct3D, seriously degrading its performance and attractiveness to developers." From the article: "In practice this means for OpenGL under Aeroglass: OpenGL performance will be significantly reduced - perhaps as much as 50%, OpenGL on Windows will be fixed at a vanilla version of OpenGL 1.4, No extensions will be possible to expose future hardware innovations. It would be technically straightforward to provide an OpenGL ICD within the full Aeroglass experience without compromising the stability or the security of the operating system. Layering OpenGL over Direct3D is a policy more than a technical decision."

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  1. Monopoly by sabernet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like open standards will be left butt-naked on Baltic Avenue.

  2. Won't happen (hopefully) by CarrionBird · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or we'll see a cage match between Gates and Carmack. (of ID software, who uses OGL for thier games) My money's on Carmack and the other game developers.

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    Free Mac Mini Yeah, it's
  3. Re:MS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I hate MS." --God

  4. This was inevitable by SlashEdsDoYourJobs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that Microsoft have cancelled all the planned new features for Vista, the only thing left for them to remove is stuff that works fine in current versions of Windows.

  5. Re:What, you fucking idiots? by Tim+Browse · · Score: 4, Funny
    If I may paraphrase an Apple support engineer (whose name I sadly forget):

    This website is not a red-painted BatPhone connected direct to Microsoft headquarters.
  6. Just when slashdotters were being nice... by manboy9 · · Score: 3, Funny
    It seems like just yesterday people were actually defending MS. Oh wait, it was yesterday.

    There will be no MS sympathizers in this thread.

  7. Re:I was under the impression by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I *wish* you WOULD at LEAST *standardize* on one method of EMPHASIZING *pointless* words scattered THROUGHOUT your *post.* As it *is* you sound like a a *pompous* asshole who is also MORE THAN *slightly* crazy.

    Also, I love you.

  8. Re:What, you fucking idiots? by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 2, Funny

    MS isn't a monopoly any more. In order to claim them so, judges had to use a very restricted field like "operating systems for 80x86-compatible processors". Guess who just entered that arena?

    BeOS?

  9. Re:Let's get the details by marvin2k · · Score: 2, Funny
    Now, now... Before we break out the pitchforks and torches...
    Damn! Party pooper!
  10. Re:MS by amilham · · Score: 1, Funny
    Anyone notice that every announcement about Vista details the removal of some interesting/important feature they haven't managed to complete or the addition of a newer, shinier way to screw everyone over?
    Anyone notice that this is Slashdot?
  11. Re:What, you fucking idiots? by the+grace+of+R'hllor · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a silly statement on several levels.

    - It would not call Microsoft headquarters, but it would call Batman, were it not for the fact that...
    - ... Batman prefers to be signalled using the Bat Signal, shining on some convenient cloudcover.
    - Regardless, Batman does not seem to use the Internet, and a website would therefore be utterly pointless.
    - Most important of all, however, the Bat Phone would be painted black, not red.

    Please make the necessary adjustments.

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    (tongue firmly in cheek)