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Re: FREE OpenGL Component w/source for cppbuilder

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From: Mehmet D. AKIN
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:00
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Daniel Plakosh wrote:

> Alan GARNY wrote:
> >
> > > Attached is a OpenGL component (version 0.1 ALPHA) that wrote for C++
> > >Builder along with a demo program to serve as a use example. This
> > >component also
> > >allows you to save and print your images in the OpenGl Panel. I'm
> > >somewhat new
> > >to C++ Builder and Win32 programming so everything may not be correct or
> > >done in the most efficient way. Remember to set your monitor to "True
> > >Color" for
> > >best results.
> > >
> > >Contact Daniel Plakosh at <dplakosh@michelle.cobweb.net> to request
> > >assistance or to report a problem with this software. Criticism,
> > >suggestions and
> > >comments are also greatly appreciated. Remember to always include the
> > >TOpenGLPanel version and system information in your messages.
> >
> > Hi, just a quick question... I must confess that I am a bit surprised, indeed I
> > am the author of TOpenGL, and I noticed quite a lot of similitudes between your
> > code and mine... I was even more surprised when I saw that you even implemented
> > the printing and saving capabilities. I don't know if you got access to my code
> > or not, but let me tell you this: if, as you pretend it, you are somewhat new to
> > both C++ Builder and Win32 programming, then you are some kind of genius to come
> > out with that piece of code. I don't pretend to be a genius, but I don't pretend
> > either to be the author of such a code as a newbie.
> >
> > I don't think there is anything I can do to prevent you from publishing "your"
> > code, but I wouldn't mind some kind of explanations, as I am a bit astonished...
> >
> >     Alan.
> >
> > --
> > Alan GARNY                             http://pc-heartbreak.physiol.ox.ac.uk/
> > Oxford University                              Job Phone: +44 (0)1865 272-501
> > Department of Physiology                         Job Fax: +44 (0)1865 272-554
> > Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, England          Home Phone: +44 (0)1865 370-240
>
> No, I don't think that you can prevent me from publishing "my code"
> because it is
> in fact my code, as trivial as it may be.
>
> What's the funniest thing Alan GARNY the has ever done?
>
> Not shown us the TOpenGL source.
> He thinks that we might sell it.
>
> --
> What's the most generous thing Alan GARNY the  has ever done?
>
> Not shown us the TOpenGL source.
> We would have died laughing!
>
> Dan
>
> dplakosh@michelle.cobweb.net

Great work Daniel. I was also working on a GL component, I may request some assistance
in  future , thanks in advance. I think everybody was waiting for such a component
with source.Regards.
Mehmet.
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From: "Mehmet D. AKIN" <mehmetakin@superonline.com>
Subject: Re: FREE OpenGL Component w/source for cppbuilder
Date: 1998/02/24
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