PHIGS vs. DataViews, GL, etc...Help!
Michael Hart
hart at blackjack.dt.navy.mil
Thu Dec 13 03:01:31 AEST 1990
Hi all you graphics whizzes!
Someone has posed a question to me, and I am clueless (so
what else is new?)
The current hardware platform is/will be SGI Personal Irises,
(4D/25). The project director would like to NOT be tied to
any specific hardware.
An application is going to be developed by a contractor. Up
till now, Dataviews by the VI Corporation has been specified
as the graphics interface, primarily because it is available
on a wide variety of hardware platforms; relative portability
of the software is an important consideration.
The contractor has expressed some reservations about working
with the DataViews product, and has asked about using a PHIGS
based product instead.
My question is: Is this a good idea? What is PHIGS? (I
believe it to be a graphics library that has been ported to
several different hardware families. So flame me if I'm wrong :-)
Is PHIGS widely available enough to be a reasonable choice?
Does anyone have any raves or flames about either DataViews
or PHIGS?
Should I find another line of work?
Inquiring minds want to know!
thanx for your input.
BTW, I have to give an opinion (probably someone elses, since
I don't have one!) by Thursday afternoon.
thanx again!
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Michael G. Hart hart at blackjack.dt.navy.mil / mhart at oasys.dt.navy.mil
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