Re: GIS

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 13:25:54 -0700

Paul Hansen wrote that software while he was working for SGI, it belongs
to SGI. He has set up a company to exploit it and we're all hoping he
does well. That has nothing to do with Intrinsic software.

Nobody here has said SGI is not interested in Intrinsic's technology,
they do very interesting stuff.

Amazing how these rumors get started.

CHeers,Angus.

Fernando Mato Mira wrote:
>
> At 01:06 PM 8/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >> Paul Hansen showed a demo of the Earth program (very large database) running
> >> on a Visual Workstation 320 at SIGGRAPH this year. He implemented a software
> >> clip texturing algorithm. This thing ran at 30Hz or better with real time
>
> So that's where the action was! (no new high-end hardware, too many things
> to do, and so many people at the booth made me just walk through it. [Well,
> I got Popeye-style tatoos, at least ;-) ])
>
> Was it a dual processor system? What happens if you use just one?
>
> Is this the Intrinsic Graphics' technology SGI is allegedly not very
> interested in?
> 

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