NeHe blog

WOW I only just noticed it too.

Some big company needs to help this guy out once and for all, surely an opengl guru such as he should not be lost to the multi national corp forever

This is a very sad day for all.

Although I have regularly visited this site (it's my home page on my home computer and I view the forums on my lunch break at work) I always had the dream that one day I'd have enough time to sit down and write some OpenGL apps. Then I'd be able to give back some of what NeHe and the community has given.

Nehe is the **premier** site for OpenGL beginners and I think that if it ever changed hands it would not be the same.

Personally I think he should retain ownership and pass off much of the admin to others within the community (Matrix, DarkWing, etc) that have tried to help through out the years.

But in the end this comes down to dollars and cents. He doesn't have any and this site sounds like an asset that he can no longer afford to keep.

If thats the case then Jeff I (we) wish you the very best and hope that you find what you're looking for (and get what you want).

All the best,
Tony

He will be missed. He is the reason I actually got into programming in general.

I've offered to host the site and its content so he could still work on it on his off days, but so far he has refused (ratherly politly I might add) the offer(s).

I had a few idea for it making it more community drivin and putting control into those educated hands. Since Jeff has refused, what say the community? I'd be more than happy too if the support is there.

If someone wants to do the site design and code, Ill host it all. I have a few accounts I can share the space and bandwidth with.

Note: This is a last ditch effort to keep the work alive and going. It's a shame to lose such a valuable resource.

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Original post by rjhcomputers He will be missed. He is the reason I actually got into programming in general. I've offered to host the site and its content so he could still work on it on his off days, but so far he has refused (ratherly politly I might add) the offer(s). I had a few idea for it making it more community drivin and putting control into those educated hands. Since Jeff has refused, what say the community? I'd be more than happy too if the support is there. If someone wants to do the site design and code, Ill host it all. I have a few accounts I can share the space and bandwidth with. Note: This is a last ditch effort to keep the work alive and going. It's a shame to lose such a valuable resource.

FYI, we (GameDev.net) host NeHe and have been hosting NeHe without charge ever since he was given the nehe.gamedev.net domain name. So it's not that he has to pay for a hosting service.

Personally, I would have preferred Jeff contacted me before making this decision. GameDev.net has invested a lot in NeHe over the last 5 or so years through the amount of resources we have given the NeHe site in terms of hard drive space and bandwidth (around 10% of our total, which is significant for a hosted site), and I'm certain we could come to an agreement. Unfortunately we have not been able to help financially as much as we would have liked, but we have been working to try to remedy that problem and were working toward a solution. I guess we haven't been fast enough.

Kevin

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Original post by Anonymous Poster Quote: FYI, we (GameDev.net) host NeHe and have been hosting NeHe without charge ever since he was given the nehe.gamedev.net domain name. So it's not that he has to pay for a hosting service. That is nice to know, from the emails I recieved I got the impression he was paying for. I guess I misread them. Quote: Personally, I would have preferred Jeff contacted me before making this decision. GameDev.net has invested a lot in NeHe over the last 5 or so years through the amount of resources we have given the NeHe site in terms of hard drive space and bandwidth (around 10% of our total, which is significant for a hosted site), and I'm certain we could come to an agreement. Unfortunately we have not been able to help financially as much as we would have liked, but we have been working to try to remedy that problem and were working toward a solution. I guess we haven't been fast enough. Unless you guys are willing to hire him on ;) , I don't think there is much else that can be done.

Well considering we don't do this fulltime and get paid for it either (we all have regular day jobs just like Jeff), that's not really an option. :)

I just found out about this site, and now its going to be closed down. I haven't even finished all the tutorials yet >:(

BTW, how are we supposed to be sure thats not a blog entry from way back when or something?

Mainly because we've been following him for these past years and this blog thing is something more or less new on his site. And besides, the content in the blog has been changes a few times lately. So, I belive it's not an old entry, sadly. It's pity that the site is closing down.

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Original post by Ghost Freeman I just found out about this site, and now its going to be closed down. I haven't even finished all the tutorials yet >:(

I very much doubt the content will go away given that its hosted by gamedev, so I wouldnt worry about that, there will just be a lack of new tutorials unless someone (or a group of people) take it over

i felt bad and tried to give a donation. but the link just sends me to the paypal login. it doesn't tell where to send the donation to. [sad]

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Original post by Alpha_ProgDes i felt bad and tried to give a donation. but the link just sends me to the paypal login. it doesn't tell where to send the donation to. [sad]

Are you sure? I just clicked on it and it sent me to the page (And I don't even have PayPal):

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Pay To: nehe@cruzinternet.com Payment For: NeHe Productions

Try again perhaps? That or at least now you know the account [wink].

Thank you. You got a reward for that [grin].
I think we all should give a donation.
I did... now it's your turn!!! [smile] (please)

Surely some company somewhere would be willing to sponser Nehe for the running of the site? I mean, how many games developers use OpenGL and im sure most of them have used Nehe as a resource at some point.

I hope that Nehe somehow manages to keep the site running. Maybe someone could take over temporarily just while Jeff gets things back on track?

Luke.

Sad news. I would help if I could but I myself is having some financial issues. I just hope he gets over it soon.

Kudos to nehe!

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Original post by Kazade Surely some company somewhere would be willing to sponser Nehe for the running of the site? I mean, how many games developers use OpenGL and im sure most of them have used Nehe as a resource at some point. I hope that Nehe somehow manages to keep the site running. Maybe someone could take over temporarily just while Jeff gets things back on track? Luke.

but he doesn't pay for the site. GDnet is hosting it for free. The content is solely his though. So I don't see it coming down just not being updated.