More likely the other way roundif at all. S3TC appeared a little sooner

 

S3TC is not open sourced as far as I know, so that's unlikely. I dunno why Exophase thinks the algorithms are the same.

 

S3 and 3DFX couldn't have patented it if they had spied on each other.

 

*sigh* I think the algorithms are similar because I actually have a good idea what they're DOING, as opposed to just saying "they worked seperately, so they must be different." S3TC also surfaced _long_ before 3dfx made anything open. They weren't always open, but of course, I expect you would know that. I'm also not saying that anyone spied on anyone or anyone worked from anyone else's code. I'm just saying they both used very similar algorithms. Why is this so hard to understand...?

- Exophase