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From: adam@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: BCS NeXT Newsletter
Keywords: BCS, newsletter, magazine
Message-ID: <470@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 13 Aug 89 01:40:15 GMT
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
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barry@arthur.uchicago.edu writes:
> ...
> etc---and speculated about the future of color on the Cube (look for
> Renderman as the 3-D scene discription language, due to NeXT's relation
> with Job's other company, Pixar).]
> ...

Correction: Pixar is not his "other company." He is, from what I have heard,
only a partner, as he only owns a quarter of the company (Pixar).

Secondly, not to be pessimistic, but RenderMan is a VERY expensive piece of
software, easily worth more than the cube itself, and everything that comes
with it. So don't expect RenderMan soon (bundling software is a great idea,
but bundling software worth more than a car (and a nice one at that) just
seems to be to much of a give-away).

Adam

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