Allan Schaffer (aschaffe)
Sat, 10 Jun 1995 13:46:15 -0700
Hard to tell what I should or shouldn't say, so take this with a
grain of salt and the knowledge that _all_ SGI release date
predictions are somewhat fickle & highly subject to change:
We're currently in the final phase of alpha testing. Several major
pieces of 2.0's much-publicized new featureset are _just_ being
completed.
Beta will begin at the end of the month (June). To my knowledge, we
have more than enough beta testers, but Michael can follow up if that
is incorrect. Assuming the beta runs smoothly, we will spend the
month of July tying up loose ends, writing documentation, and so on.
That would mean a release in the first part of August.
Again, please apply appropriate disclaimers.
| Adding more fuel to the rumor-fire:
|
| My accomplice told me that Performer 3.0 (yes THREE) was due for
| release around November of this year, and we should consider skipping
| the 2.0 release in favor of 3.0. Of course I knew he was blowing
| smoke, but what if there's something to this...
Actually that was the plan, long ago -- back when 2.0 was expected to
release in March of this year. There is a revised plan for the 3.0
release date but it's not been publicized yet.
As for skipping 2.0 in favor of 3.0, it would probably be to your
advantage to begin porting your application to OpenGL as soon as the
2.0 interface becomes available.
Allan
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