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From: kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Siggraph - where were the film showings
Message-ID: <2067@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 19:13:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: xanth.2067
Posted: Tue Aug 11 19:13:30 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Aug-87 04:21:35 EDT
References: <3608@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <7646@shemp.UCLA.EDU> <3521@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <1569@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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Summary: Ouch!

In article <1569@watcgl.waterloo.edu> ksbooth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Kelly Booth) writes:
>The suggestion of cutting out the technical program and keeping the rest has
>already been done.  It's called NCGA.


Be nice.  When Caby Smith and a bunch of the rest of us got together
to found the NCGA, we did it to meet a perceived need for a conference
devoted to products rather than theory, a place where the business
community could come to "kick the tires" on a lot of equipment.
Technical presentations were supposed to cover how to implement
successful systems using available hardware, software, and methods.
The demand was from the pinstripe suit set who couldn't understand a
word said at most of the SIGGRAPH presentations.  There was a large
part of the computer graphics community (mainly the ones with the
checkbooks, who make the whole thing go) that felt that SIGGRAPH had
nothing to offer to them.  SIGGRAPH serves as a necessary focus for
cutting edge research and development, and NCGA serves as a good place
for Jill or Joe Manager to get together with some folks who are making
computer graphics help them make a profit, and find out how to get in
on the benefits.

Peace.

Kent, the man from xanth.