Fernando D. Mato Mira (matomira++at++lig.di.epfl.ch)
Sat, 27 Apr 1996 20:12:29 -0600
> You are right, SGI did not invented VisSim but a lot of people who work here
> did in some percent in SGI, E&S, L-M, Star, ... etc.
>
> What SGI maybe did was to reinvent it.
No `reinvent' is a pejorative term which applies to C++, reference counting,
Fix+Continue, DSOs/DLLs, dumb Desktop Manager that restarts applications
in ridiculous initial states, some hyped Java features, etc.
When it comes to _hardware_ SGI invented a lot of things.
Same for graphic APIs.
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