[lug] BLUG administration in 2001

[J. Wayde Allen]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, D. Stimits wrote:

> "Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> > 
> > Can you be more specific?  I've done some rendering on linux (mainly
> > to see how far I could push code that I'd developed for high-end SGIs).
> 
> I'm interested in most display and visualization systems for linux. SGI
> is actually something that comes to mind when I think of the more
> interesting things. It's a place where linux is just now becoming much
> faster and better at. One of my bigger interests is in OpenGL display of
> any kind of physics simulation.

It looks like you two have now met.

Scott Herod is scheduled to talk about issues related to audio and
video under Linux at the December 14th meeting.  I've attached a copy of
his September 21st e-mail to me below:

   "It would be nice to know what people wish to be able to do with audio
   and video.  The goal of the company that I work for is to produce a
   software platform that enables television set-top boxes.  We plan to
   open source everything, so in fact, the more people that know how
   video/audio works, the better.

   So, is it possible to get some idea what people want to hear about?
   The title of this email is sound recording, and I guess I can talk
   about that.  Do people want a run down on support for existing
   hardware? Do they want to watch TV on their PCs or export video to
   their televisions or watch DVDs?"

Probably not specifically OpenGL, but there may be something there that
would interest you.

- Wayde
  (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)