Official Word from SUN on their Visualization Offerings

May 28th, 2009
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I just got official word from Sun on the state of the Sun Visualization System that we recently  noticed was “missing in action”.

Sun announced in April the End-of-Life (EOL) of the Sun Shared Visualization and Sun Scalable Visualization software products. Customers will be able to order the products through July 31, 2009. Sun intends to provide service and support until Oct. 2, 2014.

Candice van der Laan

Apparently there was a bit of a failure on getting the word out on that one.  It probably got lost or drowned in the flood of information about the Oracle acquisition.

PG

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.

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  • http://www.virtualgl.org D. R. Commander

    Howdy. Just wanted to let everyone know that the core technology behind Sun Shared Visualization, namely VirtualGL, is very much alive and well. I brought VirtualGL to Sun in 2004, and Sun sponsored my work on the project throughout the life of the Shared Visualization product. Since being laid off in January, I have been supporting VirtualGL as an independent contractor. I am actively seeking funded development and consulting opportunities for this technology. Contact info is on the web site.

    D. R. Commander

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