Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!agate!shelby!helens!baroque!jim From: jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization Subject: Re: AVS Network Abstraction Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 90 19:52:41 GMT References: Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford University Lines: 25 In-reply-to: peda@modesty.Stanford.EDU's message of 14 Nov 90 19:03:37 GMT I was told that this was already being looked at for future AVS releases. I believe that 2 releases have gone by since, so I don't know what their timetable was (or is) for this. How many AVS ports are available? Are the ports close to the same version as Stardent's current AVS or is there a substantial lag? It's a shame that Stardent apparently isn't in too much of a hurry to see AVS spread, at least not to SGIs. It would be their most important compatible platform. Alas, yet another software schism. Similarly, I've heard that Portable Dore is currently at version 2.2, while Stardents are running 4.0. That's a pretty big version delta. I hope that Stardent isn't trying to compete by becoming software proprietary. They're not big enough to survive using that strategy. Even when you are that big, it doesn't work forever, as two of the largest Massachusetts-based computer companies have found out. Besides, they've got some great software, and I want it. Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics Durand 012 Stanford University FAX: (415) 725-3377 (jim@KAOS.stanford.edu) Work: (415) 723-9127