Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!alicudi.usc.edu!crum From: crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: HiLights from May 7 SCAN meeting Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 16:56:08 GMT References: <1991May8.062438.27116@math.ucla.edu> Sender: news@usc Distribution: na Organization: University of Southern California Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: alicudi.usc.edu In-reply-to: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu's message of 8 May 91 06:24:38 GMT Originator: crum@alicudi.usc.edu > Also, they said that NeXT intends to bundle Renderman > with release 3.0, and is trying to work out the details > with Pixar. This got a big round of applause. I don't think that summary is accurate because of the word "intends". As I remember, it was stated that the mention of RenderMan by Steve Jobs in Paris was unexpected and that there was still a lot of work to do on RenderMan (especially Interactive RenderMan). It was stated that NeXT was "trying" to bundle RenderMan with Release 3, but that would not necessarily be so. The NeXT representative also went along with my understanding that Pixar (not NeXT) would be selling RenderMan (not Interactive RenderMan) in June (probably for the $2500 list price that has been mentioned here). It was also mentioned in the meeting that there are several (3?) groups at NeXT with different ideas w.r.t. RenderMan -- one of the groups is advocating the bundling of some RenderMan work with Release 3. So, I hope people to whom RenderMan bundling is important will express their views to NeXT, Pixar and the USENET community. Personally, I think there are obvious advantages to having something like RenderMan, which is so much like a graphics library (like PostScript), be incorporated into system software. Similarly for AppleTalk network protocol support, which is supposed to be on its way (and is probably a similar situation, since it was talked about by Steve Jobs in Boston but not otherwise advertised). Gary