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<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>It
is more or less good sense that the success of Microsoft was mainly driven by
hardware (x86).</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>I
have worked on CAD for some time.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>In
the beginning the application that I used only worked on Unix workstations
(running VMS, HP-UX, Solaris and IRIX).</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>The
first version available for NT did not work natively, it required an X-server
(Exceed from Hummingbird) and it supported all Open GL
extensions.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>The
performance was amazing when compared with a Unix workstation that in those days
costs at least 3 times more.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>The
X-server was able to handle very complex parts in real-time 3D rotations with a
very cheap graphic card.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>So,
why 3D support in Linux is so messy.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353322514-01032007>SGI
and other Unix vendors made extraordinary work in developing application and 3D
support. Is this available for the community to work
with?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>