Return-Path: Received: from aerospace.aero.org by antares.aero.org (4.1/AMS-1.0) id AA13315 for /u/strauss/bin/mail_handler.pl strauss; Thu, 8 Apr 93 09:24:26 PDT Received: from pixar.com (PIXAR.PIXAR.COM) by aerospace.aero.org with SMTP (5.65c/6.0.GT) id AA03916 for strauss@antares.aero.org; Thu, 8 Apr 1993 09:24:21 -0700 Posted-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 09:17 PDT Received: from cusp.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24728 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 8 Apr 1993 09:24:16 -0700 Received: by cusp.pixar.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.19) id ; Thu, 8 Apr 93 09:17 PDT Message-Id: Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 09:17 PDT From: msanford@pixar.com (Mark Sanford) Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.63) To: jgg@proforma.com (J. G. Gregory) Subject: Re: Pixar discontinuing product development? Cc: rman@aero.org I have no idea where you heard this information, or why it's being spread around, but I certainly don't feel that it's true. We have a very solid RenderMan development team. It is true that one member of the team transferred recently from the PC development group to the Pixar Animation Division, but that is the only member of the RenderMan group that has moved in over a year. This person is also still available for inhouse consulting. We have also replaced that person, and continued to hire additional developers in both the PC and UNIX groups. All of the folks that have been doing UNIX development on RenderMan products are still here, and to my knowledge, plan to remain. Our team has grown in size in the last couple of years, not reduced. I feel that Pixar is committed, more than ever, to maintaining a high level of development expertise and support to existing and future products. I hope this helps to calm the nerves out there. Mark Sanford Pixar Technical Support Manager