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In article <1992Apr15.211445.16925@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca> aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca writes:
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>In light of the release of 3.0 with bundled Renderman being just a few  
>months away, it is interesting to note that in a recent issue of Computer  
>Graphics World that the closing column discusses Silicon Graphics'  
>licensing of OpenGL, a derivative of the Iris GL, to other OS vendors.
>
>The column discusses a few other graphics systems, such as PHIGS et al.  
>and comes to the definite conclusion that OpenGL will be THE standard for  
>high end graphics starting NOW, and that it is the BEST of all of them.
>
>Has NeXT made a critical mistake in going with Renderman? Is the NeXT, in  

Steve Jobs owns part/most of Pixar ---- Pixar == Renderman.
Renderman was cheap, I'd guess, for NeXT to bundle since Steve has hands
in both companies.

GL and PHGS would have cost money.  Renderman seems to be a good product
and only time will tell which one really becomes the piece of software
to have.
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