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To: WebDrone who wrote (24778)	5/12/1999 11:31:00 PM
From: J R KARY	of 213177

AAPL licensing SGI's Open GL probably started the "buy out" speculation > " Droogies, Looks like PPC is in solid supply, so why buy sgi?"<< Methimks Webness you have parsed: "why buy the cow when the milk is free ?" AAPL's January "dairy deal" to use SGI's GL: ---- "(SGI's CEO) Rick Belluzzo feels the events of this week serve to emphasize the common goals of both companies. "We believe in the importance and significance of Apple Computer, and we are fundamentally committed to successfully moving OpenGL into the Mac environment. The addition of Apple's extensive innovation, technology, and experience will be a great advantage to everyone in the OpenGL world. Together with Apple and the developer community, I believe we will be able to introduce some truly great new products and technologies. This is a wonderful announcement that gives us all cause to be very excited about the future. " ---- wysiwyg://12/http://www.sgi.com/features/1999/jan/opengl/ More to come . Maybe a strategic alliance built around AAPL's OS X (UNIX) and a version of AAPL's PowerPC architecture ? WWDC had to impress SGI . Jim K.

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