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From: mccool@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael McCool)
Subject: Re: info needed
Message-ID: <1990Nov8.163535.11053@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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Date: 8 Nov 90 21:35:36 GMT
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andyrose@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Andy Rose) writes:

>I will or could someone dispel or clarify some of the following:

>e. AVS will run on Silicon Graphics.  AVS will run on RS-6000.
>f. Silicon Graphics is developing an AVS-like product as is Sun.
	I would be highly irritated if a whole lot of products started
	showing up.  Why can't people just license the basic "OS" and then
	sell modules?  Both AVS and apE use this approach.  Unless, of
	course, Sun or SGI have somethingly radically new in mind.  Otherwise
	this path would just waste SGI and Sun's time and irritate the
	user base.

>How about software? apE costs 75$ (?)
	apE is $75 only if you are at a university.  Commercial users pay
	more, but not much more.  They also make the source available!

McCool@dgp.toronto.edu