Comments on: Milestones http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/ Man bites Ogre Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Steven 'lazalong' Gay http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227694 Steven 'lazalong' Gay Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:27:24 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227694 The most eloquent summary of my actual situation. This will be a must-read for my wife :D The most eloquent summary of my actual situation. This will be a must-read for my wife :D

]]> By: Dan http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227599 Dan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:26:23 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227599 >If you’re anything like me you’ve had difficulty explaining to your wife / significant other that in our kind of world, there’s really no discrete black-and-white transition between ‘work’ and ‘not work’ that starts at 9am and ends at 5pm every day like clockwork. Most definately. A matter of fact this started for me when I first got a C64 in my early teens. Time and sleep melted away really. My parents freted, my grades slipped a bit, but it all paid off in the end with a solid career. My wife calls herself a computer widow, but I think she understands my quirky passion better than anyone else dear to me. Thanks goodness. :) >If you’re anything like me you’ve had difficulty explaining to your wife / significant other that in our kind of world, there’s really no discrete black-and-white transition between ‘work’ and ‘not work’ that starts at 9am and ends at 5pm every day like clockwork.

Most definately. A matter of fact this started for me when I first got a C64 in my early teens. Time and sleep melted away really. My parents freted, my grades slipped a bit, but it all paid off in the end with a solid career. My wife calls herself a computer widow, but I think she understands my quirky passion better than anyone else dear to me. Thanks goodness. :)

]]> By: Eric http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227598 Eric Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227598 A huge congrats Steve! You deserve every ounce of success you've had and more. A huge congrats Steve! You deserve every ounce of success you’ve had and more.

]]> By: Paul Evans http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227595 Paul Evans Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:24:45 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227595 I would go futher and say it's more about being able to *finish" something - and you've managed to finish many versions of your pet project. Props :-) I would go futher and say it’s more about being able to *finish” something – and you’ve managed to finish many versions of your pet project. Props :-)

]]> By: Jesús Alonso http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227568 Jesús Alonso Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:54:13 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227568 Congrats Steve :D I know what you mean about being a "project oriented person". Wish you keep that very same spirit for a very long time. It's great to have an inspiring figure nearby to get that little pushing needed to start walking :) Congrats Steve :D I know what you mean about being a “project oriented person”. Wish you keep that very same spirit for a very long time. It’s great to have an inspiring figure nearby to get that little pushing needed to start walking :)

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227540 Steve Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:38:02 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227540 I've probably mentioned before that OGRE started out as a refactoring of a DirectX 5 engine I had written called DIMClasses (Direct3D Immediate Mode Classes). I found that I had hidden the nastyness of DirectX so well that it didn't need to have anything to do with DirectX anymore, so I refactored to an extra level to make the render system pluggable and OGRE was born. I simply looked for an acronym that was not technology specific, included the words 'Object oriented' and 'Graphics' somewhere, and was hopefully catchy. That was OGRE, I think I came up with it in late 1999 or early 2000 (I registered the project on Sourceforge in Feb 2000). I’ve probably mentioned before that OGRE started out as a refactoring of a DirectX 5 engine I had written called DIMClasses (Direct3D Immediate Mode Classes). I found that I had hidden the nastyness of DirectX so well that it didn’t need to have anything to do with DirectX anymore, so I refactored to an extra level to make the render system pluggable and OGRE was born. I simply looked for an acronym that was not technology specific, included the words ‘Object oriented’ and ‘Graphics’ somewhere, and was hopefully catchy. That was OGRE, I think I came up with it in late 1999 or early 2000 (I registered the project on Sourceforge in Feb 2000).

]]> By: James http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/10/03/milestones/comment-page-1/#comment-227530 James Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:07:56 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=964#comment-227530 Offtopic: When did you get the idea for the name OGRE? Before starting to develop the engine, or during the development? Offtopic:
When did you get the idea for the name OGRE?
Before starting to develop the engine, or during the development?

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