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From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Okay, you Amiga Types, its time to bash your amiga. :)
Keywords: Amiga
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.144548.7125@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 14:45:48 GMT
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In article <1991Jan15.195612.3795@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>>  2. Major software companies ignore the Amiga.  Look at the incredible Pixar
>>stuff coming out for the Mac.  This argument could go on forever, but I blame
>>the software companies themselves rather than the Amiga.
>
>  I think the Amiga is a much better platform for video/graphics than the
>Mac. Pixar's decision is probably fueled by a few things. 1) Marketing
>2) QuickDraw 3) # of Macs sold.

All this talk of Pixar ignoring Amiga leads me to ask- Did Pixar ever say
they weren't planning Renderman for the Amiga?  Granted, the Mac is a much
higher priority in terms of profit potential, but at a recent demonstration
given to the Purdue Graphics Society here, the Pixar rep. said he was
"not permitted to comment" on the possibility of an Amiga port.

Or have they stated a more emphatic "no" since that time?

>>Pete Ashdown  pashdown@javelin.sim.es.com ...uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!pashdown

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