CompuServe Messages

OK, Here's one: Top 10 reasons there's gonna be a 3DS SGI slave/renderer: 10) ILM needs an excuse to buy 35 new PCs (they really wanna play "Doom"). 9) 'Cause it'll "feel" good. 8) SGI wanted some software running on it's platform that actually comes with usable documentation. 7) Too many MIPS processors sitting around with nothing to do. 6) Wavefront, Alias, and SoftImage have always wanted a "little brother". 5) Now there will be an actual use for the Indy in it's default state. 4) PC owners everywhere now have a use for that network of SGI boxes gathering dust in the corner. 3) Gary Yost has learned that, in a suprise move, SGI will soon corner the scuba diving and Hawaiian shirt industries. 2) The folks who program for SGI/MIPS all have PCs running 3DS at home and need a faster way to render their stuff. And the number one reason SGI's gonna have that 3DS renderer: 1) Both Silicon Graphics and Autodesk/3DS use the same shade of purple alot. <g> -Alan