Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ARCHIE.WHOI.EDU!peter From: peter@ARCHIE.WHOI.EDU (Peter R. Shaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: HP's new 3D graphics workstation Message-ID: <8908112043.AA01139@> Date: 11 Aug 89 20:43:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 23 I was thumbing through the June issue of Computer Graphics World when I noticed a big glossy ad that HP has out for its *new* color 3D graphics workstation. (sorta reminiscent of a DN4000 or something, although definitely an HP, NOT Apollo). I guess an obvious couple of questions is: (1) seeing as how HP just bought a leader in 3D graphics workstations, wouldn't you expect that the A-word would have been used somewhere in the new advertising campaign? -- conversely, -- (2) If HP has decided to go into the business of manufacturing its own Apollo-style workstations (apparently without actually involving Apollo), why did they feel compelled to buy them out in the first place? Oh, and I suppose: (3) Should present and potential future Apollo owners be concerned? Peter Shaw pshaw@aqua.whoi.edu