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RE: server X
- To: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ee dot gatech dot edu>, Larry Hall <lhall at rfk dot com>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: server X
- From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker at butlermfg dot org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:06:54 -0500
I'd take that with a grain of salt. From my rumor mill, MS is now
saying Q2 1999 and some of their developers are saying H2 1999 to EOY
1999.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ee.gatech.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 6:45 PM
To: Larry Hall; gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: server X
This may change. NT5.0 has DirectX 6 support builtin, and rumors say it
will be
released (early, for a change) in the first quarter of 1999,
Chuck Wilson
Larry Hall wrote:
> The problem is DirectX versions don't get updated on NT with the same
> alacrity that they do on 9x. I think the currently supported(?)
version
> is DirectX 3 on NT. Here is one place where capabilities in 9x
outstrip
> those in NT! So a DirectX approach will not allow an XFree86 "port"
to
> address the need of both 9x and NT users at this time...
>
> Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
> RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053
> 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX
> Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com
>
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