Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:29:48 -0700
Before and incase this ignites a long info-performer thread, please
direct further comments to:
mongoose-feedback++at++corp.sgi.com
I'm sure this is where all those other 'missing' posts are. As explained
in the original email this new address was created specifically for that
purpose and more details will be supplied at the Siggraph Friends of
Performer meeting.
Cheers,Angus.
William Sherman -Visualization wrote:
>
> > Performers,
> >
> > Yesterday, SGI announced that work is underway to make IRIS Performer
> > available for the Linux platform. The project (codenamed 'Mongoose')
> > is based on the existing IRIS Performer API and targeted for release
> > before the end of 1999. Results are already _very_ promising.
>
> Even though it's the weekend, I'm surprised there hasn't been any
> (public) responses to this yet. So let me be the first to say:
> "Yay SGI!"
>
> > We anticipate you'll have many questions about availability,
> > platforms, compatability, distribution, beta copies, etc -- we'll
> > announce more details during the Friends of Performer meeting at
> > SIGGRAPH.
>
> While I'm somewhat surprised you were able to get the hardware and
> sales folks to go along, maybe this could be a trend.
>
> I was just in a discussion the other day where we were hoping for
> a Linux (or better yet open-source) version of Showcase.
--
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Neils Bohr
For advanced 3D graphics Performer + OpenGL based examples and tutors:
http://www.dorbie.com/
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