[vtkusers] Activiz Future ?

[Benjamin Jähn]

Hi,

does this mean that the currently available version of Activiz is most 
probably the last one?

Regards.

Am 31.01.2013 16:56, schrieb Jean-Hugues Royer:
> Hi,
>
> I guess we are not alone to use Activiz, wouldn't it possible to reach 
> other users/customers using it and ask about their interest to fund 
> this project ?
>
> Personally we are fine with funding it with others and personally we 
> are more interested in Activiz 5.10 than 6.0.
>
> From reading the mailing list and looking at the questions regarding 
> Activiz I guess C# popularity seems to grow, and Activiz 5.8 is quite 
> a very good product.
>
> Regards.
>
> On 31/01/2013 16:25, David E DeMarle wrote:
>> We are trying to figure this issue out. The issue is lack of a 
>> funding source for the work involved in finishing the task.
>>
>> We hoped to have C# in the 6.0 distribution (and from then on), but I 
>> do not yet see a way for us to find the time to do it as this goal 
>> doesn't match anything that our current customers are asking us for.
>>
>> We do not plan to make a standalone version for 5.10 as that is less 
>> of a path forward than incorporating C# into 6.0. Of course, if 
>> someone takes out a support contract for this task, we will allocate 
>> the manpower to get it done.
>>
>> This is open source of course, and everyone is free to contribute 
>> their efforts. If someone out there wants to take this up, they 
>> should start from the work in progress at: 
>> http://review.source.kitware.com/#/t/1615/, then we will be happy to 
>> help get it reviewed, brought in, and tested on the dashboards.
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 21 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-881-4909 <tel:518-881-4909>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Jean-Hugues Royer 
>> <jhroyer at joher.com <mailto:jhroyer at joher.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     Could you tell us what is the future of Acvtiviz ?
>>
>>     . Do you still plan to include C# wrapper in the VTK distribution ?
>>
>>     . Will it be available for VTK 6.0 ?
>>
>>     . Will you still produce an Activiz-like compiled version ?
>>
>>     Thanks.
>>
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