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Re:Krita, OpenGL and Qt by pjmlp on Saturday July 18, 2020 @05:26AM (#23880181)
No, they were into QuickDraw 3D, OpenGL came into the picture via NeXT acquisition.

Even on mobile, probably unknown in US, but Symbian and J2ME were the big motivation for OpenGL ES on mobiles, with N95 being the first handset with proper hardware acceleration.

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Re:Krita, OpenGL and Qt by coldtea on Saturday July 18, 2020 @09:43AM (#23881340)
>No, they were into QuickDraw 3D, OpenGL came into the picture via NeXT acquisition.

Well, yeah, and the Apple II used Wozniak's quirky graphics mode. But I meant the OS X era Apple, you're going back a bit...

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Re:Krita, OpenGL and Qt by pjmlp on Saturday July 18, 2020 @10:16AM (#23881523)
Had Copland not failed, OpenGL would never been part of Apple's history.

As usual, companies at the edge of bankruptcy tend to be a bit more "open".

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