hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) (12/13/90)
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! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael G. Hart hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil / mhart@oasys.dt.navy.mil I don't know what I want to be when I grow up! DISCLAIMER: the usual!