As far as I know, Tarolli now works at nVidia. And as far as Is remember, he was one of the most loudest resistors against T&L. I wonder what he is doing now.
He wasn't Anti-T&L at all, he just saw a natural progression in the 3D field; in the short term an increase sampling frequency was needed as a precurser to TCL and high traingle counts. He also advocated Shaders as a compliment to TCL thats needed, perhaps even before TCL.
Ohh, and he was defensing his company, which had no TCL.. heh
Would be interesting to see what comes from nVidia that integrates dedicated 3D logic into small consumer devices. Wonder if they're even seriously looking at it, I have no clue, I'm so far outside of the inside it's funny!! When will they Drive every pixel - even if it's not a PC?