Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Magician discontinued [from will-be-revived-again-or-finally-die-this-time dept.]

[Sven G. <sgo...@ja...>]

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yeah, that's the point !

i have described this dangerous behavior of 
closed sourced projects within the general gl4java doc's (overview) also !

so, i just can say: "shit happens" :o|

cheers, sven

On Saturday 07 April 2001 10:49, Max Gilead wrote:
> Hello!
>
> www.opengl.org says:
>
> 'Magician OpenGL for Java only available until May 1, 2001
> <http://www.arcana.co.uk>
> /04/04/01 / Due to a change in Arcane Technologies' direction, as of 1st
> May 2001, Magician will no longer be offered for download or purchase.
> So now is your last chance to check it out!   Magician lets programmers
> write portable Java code that seamlessly uses existing native OpenGL
> libraries to provide high-performance rendering over a variety of
> platforms. Magician currently supports Java-2 on Windows
> 95/98/NT/ME/2000, Linux/x86, Linux/PPC, Irix, SPARC/Solaris,
> Intel/Solaris, AIX, OS/2, MacOS and MacOS X.'
>
> It's a perfect example of how closed-source software can be trusted. A
> company may just decide to discontinue the product and users are left
> out in the dark. Of course you can buy source code if you 'Require
> security in case Arcane discontinues *Magician*' or 'Wish to tightly
> integrate *Magician* with their applications' for a mere '5000 GBP
> (approximately US $7000)'. Are thay saying that Magician couldn't be
> ever 'tightly integrated' with an application or always was an insecure
> solution? :-)
>
> Long live GL4J!
> Max

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