Re: Performer at ITEC

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Prakash Mahesh (prakash++at++drawcomp.com)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:04:58 -0400

> The timescales involved are our main concern. We were under the impression
> that an OpenGL++ release, at least a beta version, would be out RSN, and the
> first real release would be around August or so. I realize that one can not
> rely on dates like these, but we were assuming that they would be relatively
> close and we haven't had any indication otherwise (although it is a bit hard
> to keep on top of these things from here). The Fahrenheit time frame moves
> things well into next year which does cause some problems for us. We need to
> get a slightly clearer picture of what is going on in this respect so we can
> decide in what direction to move. The only picture we have at the moment is
> wait until Fahrenheit arrives, with no clear path between now and then. What
> is Fahrenheit going to look like and how can we move towards that API given
> the technology we have now (Performer, Optimizer, Cosmo3D, OpenGL). We thought
> we had a clear picture in this respect, but...

I guess this problem (not knowing what direction SGI on the whole is
taking) is widespread among the SGI developers. We use Performer,
Optimizer, plain OpenGL and many other libraries, and we have started
supporting Windows/Solaris recently, but our main focus is still SGI.
But the recent developments at SGI and more importantly the
non-availability of information to developers is making things look
unclear. Yes, I hope someone from SGI would openly make an (even
unofficial) announcement on what their plans are.

Thanks.

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  Prakash Mahesh                                     
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