Dave Nadeau wrote: > > Web3D Consortium, > (Neil, Tony, Don) > > The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) has decided to shut down > its "VRML Repository" Web site at the end of April. Back in 1995 > SDSC formed the site to support the community, prior to the existence > of the VRML Consortium. Today, the 3D web community is stronger, > better organized, and has appropriate representation in the form of > the Web3D Consortium. We feel that the consortium is now the proper > organization to build, deliver, and expand upon a "VRML Repository," > or better yet a "Web3D Repository." Therefore, before we shut down our > repository, we are offering the repository's content to the Web3D > Consortium to seed a possible repository managed by the consortium. > > Details: > > SDSC will provide a UNIX tar file of the repository's content to the > Web3D Consortium for FREE, "AS IS" without express or implied warranty > of any kind. The tar file will include all HTML pages, databases, and > CGI Perl scripts used by the repository. > > This offer necessarily expires at the end of April, after which the > repository will be shut down and its content deleted. At that time a > Web page will be put in the repository's place with a link to the > Web3D Consortium's Web site. > > Obviously we hope the Web3D Consortium will take over the "VRML Repository" > and continue to maintain it as a resource for the 3D web community. For > further information, please contact me at: > > Dave Nadeau > San Diego Supercomputer Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 619-534-5062 > > Thanks! Dave, thank you very much for this generous offer. We will certainly miss the great service you have provided over the years. SDSC's role in the birth, development and growth of VRML has been crucially important. Everyone is very grateful for the hard work you & SDSC have put in over the past five years. For those who haven't seen it already, please check out http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml To www-vrml & web3d-website & others: what people are ready to port and support this work at http://www.web3D.org ? Is someone willing to shepherd this effort? To java3d: are you folks interested in helping & expanding the repository to include java3D resources? To Web3D consortium members: are there other 3D technologies we should also consider now as part of a new repository? Thanks for all suggestions. Special thanks in advance to whomever stands up to lead this important new effort. all the best, Don -- Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code UW/Br Root 200 work 831.656.2149 Monterey California 93943-5000 USA fax 831.656.3679 Virtual worlds/underwater robots/Internet http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/~brutzman ===================================================================== To subscribe/unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Java 3D Home Page: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/
