Coming from an IBM'ish background (I've used OS/2 for years) trust me when I
say IBM is not the way to go. Their support services are one-ended. They don't care
about their user's opinions unless you're company having at least 200 employees. I'm
not saying this out of bitterness but because I want to make sure you understand the
realities of IBM: they're a big bloated company which is only used to dealing with
other
large corporations. From a Java3D-community point of view they'd be the end of us.
Given Sun's inclination toward entering the gaming market, I believe they have
both the interest and resources to support Java3D going forward if it was more
cost-effective to them.
Anyway.. sorry for this rant, but it had to be said.
Gili
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:59:44 -0500, Michael Schnieders wrote:
>I develop a molecular modeling environment (Force Field Explorer
>http://dasher.wustl.edu/ffe) using Java/Java3D. I have found Java3D to be a
>great framework in which to work and it is my opinion that I have been able
>to incorporate more functionality than would have been possible in a similar
>amount of time using OpenGL bindings directly.
>
>My main interest is not in feature development or bug fixes. The current
>functionality is fine. What I really want is a chance for true platform
>independence for Java3D, especially on MacOSX, since this is used often in
>academic environments.
>
>I want to add support for Gili's comments (below), which I think would
>facilitate cross-platform stability. Another option is for a company with
>more resources than Sun to continue development of Java3D (IBM, hint,
>hint!!).
>
>Gili:
>
> Separate Java3D into two components:
> - OpenGL binding (very thin layer on top of native OpenGL
>implementation)
> - Java3D (open-source like the JDK classes, fits on top of OpenGL
>binding)
>
> OpenGL binding is platform specific
> Java3D is platform-independant
>
> The basic idea with Java3D is that Sun should do two things:
>
>- Reduce their cost of maintainance by offloading the major work to the
>OpenGL binding which would be provided by 3D parties (not Sun). Sun should
>however come up with the OpenGL binding specification and make it standard.
>
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