On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Dieter [iso-8859-1] Nützel wrote: > Am Freitag, 20. Dezember 2002 14:38 schrieb Alexander Stohr: > > [-] > > > And thats why all the world on the stock marked emphasizes on their > > patents protfolio, its money and power that those patenst sometimes > > do represent. Of course there is much vapourware, but such key > > technologies like S3TC that anybody wants to use are valueable > > to its owner. > > Sorry, Alexander. > > ...but such key technologies like S3TC... > > > What? > The algorithm is a very trivial one.
That doesn't make it any less of a key technology. As Alexander pointed out, it's valuable to it's owner and it is, in fact, being used more and more in games and implemented in hardware. Key technology doesn't necessarily mean complex. Adam ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: The Best Geek Holiday Gifts! Time is running out! Thinkgeek.com has the coolest gifts for your favorite geek. Let your fingers do the typing. Visit Now. T H I N K G E E K . C O M http://www.thinkgeek.com/sf/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
