Originally posted by bunny:
It's true. When SGI invented OpenGL back in '91, they actually time travelled into the future and copied 3DFX's proprietary graphics library, rather than just basing it of IrixGL like you might expect.
And then sued 3dfx for using technology they invented based on the precedence case of the "Hitchhiker's Guide through the Galaxy" publishers pre-dating their guide by time-traveling back, right?