Re: Let's look at the big picture.

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Now... consider this:
>    They tried to do 3-D in the 20's.  It didn't catch on.
>    They tried to do 3-D in the 50's, and it only caught on for a little 
> while.
>    They tried to do 3-D in the 80's, and loused it up pretty well.
>  I think that the most important point is this:  No matter how great the new 
> computer technology is, you still need to spend lot's of money.  You still 

If the 30 year pattern holds, they still have another 15 years or 
so until the next attempt in the 2010's.  Computer technology will probably
be a couple orders of magnitude better by then.  Pixar's technology will 
look like toy technology.  And a "product" like Pixar's will *then* be
doable on a $2K computer bought at the local office depot in one hour
of compute time. In the 2010's.  :-)

Mike K.


------------------------------