Nigel W. John (n.w.john@man.ac.uk)
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:10:29 +0000
>
> As for Nigel's comments about the price, it's all relative. In relation
> to the price of a multi-pipe Onyx2 system or the installation of a
> Lightwave solution, it's nominal. :-)
>
This may well be true for an oil company or car manufacturer, but $13K
is far from nominal for an educational institute (and vizserver will be
more expensive in Europe).
I think that you have done a great job with vizserver. For a university
it means that departments will be able to group together and apply for
funding for a central graphics supercomputer. This will enable us to
make a far stronger case and have a much better chance of getting
funding. I predict an upsurge in Onyx2 systems being purchased by
academia!
I therefore urge SGI to make vizserver available in the VARSITY
software. This will surely pay dividends for you in the future and
encourage sales of Onyx2 systems. It will also be great news for those
of us who already have or are about to buy major IR2 graphics hardware.
Best Regards,
Nigel
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Brian Furtaw wrote:
>
> > Have you seen the software and its capabilities? It really does a good
> > job of giving remote users full access to the Onyx2 pipe from there
> > desktop. I honestly don't know what to say about the pricing, I am not
> > familiar with discounting policies on software.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > "Nigel W. John" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Mark / Brian,
> > >
> > > Brian Furtaw wrote:
> > > >
> > > > SGI has create a product to solve this problem it is called OpenGL
> > > > VIzserver it allows you to view IR graphics on an O2 or Octane with out
> > > > lossing quality. Look at
> > > > http://www.sgi.com/software/vizserver/index.html for more information.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This software will also be very expensive, and no educational discount
> > > will be available (I know because I am trying to get it for the
> > > University).
> > >
> > > Nigel
> > >
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-- Nigel W. John Ph.D, VR R&D Manager Manchester Visualization Centre Manchester Computing Tel: +44 161 275 6096 University of Manchester Fax: +44 161 275 6800 Manchester M13 9PL Email: n.w.john@man.ac.uk United Kingdom URL: http://www.man.ac.uk/MVC/staff/john
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