Where is OpenGL 1.2?
When this was written (early 2000), few OpenGL 1.2 implementations are available. Sun and IBM are shipping OpenGL 1.2. The OpenGL-like Mesa library also supports 1.2. The OpenGL Sample Implementation is also available. Microsoft hasn’t released OpenGL 1.2 yet. As of their most recent official announcement, it is to be included in a later Windows 2000 service pack. Once Microsoft releases OpenGL 1.2, you’ll probably need a new driver to take advantage of its features. Many OpenGL vendors running on Microsoft already support OpenGL 1.2 functionality through extensions to OpenGL 1.1. OpenGL vendors that run on OS other than Microsoft will release OpenGL 1.2 on their own schedules. The OpenGL 1.2 specification is available from http://www.opengl.org. The red and blue books have recently been revised to cover OpenGL 1.2 functionality.
