Apple Acquires Silicon Grail

mac writes "Silicon Grail's web site has an interesting update: it has been acquired by Apple. Their product RAYZ and Nothing Real's Shake are the two major products, as far as compositing software goes. Nothing Real was bought by Apple also back in February. With both companies held by Apple, who will fill the void in the Windows and Linux?"

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Monty Python (perl?)

[MadKeithV]

What... is your name!? Steve Jobs.

What... is your quest!? To buy the Silicon Grail.

What... is the average performance of a Dual G4 when compared to an Intel Pentium 4? What, Rambus, or DDR powered?

I don't know that... AAAAAAAAARGHHH!H

Re:Monty Python (perl?)

[Anonymous Coward]

(With an outrageous French Accent):

Ah told heem we alreahdy had waaan!

Redundant

[Anonymous Coward]

Yep. Dude, it's redundant to demand better writeups. You've been here how long?

Oops.

[echucker]

I read that as "composting software", and was trying to figure out why Apple people would buy special software for recycling waste files into free space.

Hi, I'm Steve and I bought two companies...

[feloneous cat]

This was received from an anonymous source...

Now everyone is going "ooooo, what does that mean for the rest of us"? Meanwhile, my ex-friend Bill, buys up companies left and right and there is barely a ripple in the Linux and Apple community. So why do I seem more threatening?

Personally, I think it is my turtle-necks. See, I learned from Grace Slick that nothing hides the look of age than a turtle-neck. Especially black because it a) looks cool b) hides that extra "executive weight". But it threatens people that I can look cool AND youngish at the same time. Bill looks like someone's Grandfather - or Mr. Burns from the "Simpsons". "Smithers, buy up Freedonia" - see how that would just seem natural coming out of his mouth?

But I buy two companies and BOOM I'm killing babies and eating their entrails.

My point is that first, Apple is a business and as a business it attempts to stay in the black, much like my turtlenecks. Second, get a grip. Mergers happen all the time. Some are good and some are bad. Third, I'm still cool, right?

Your Pal,

Steve

Wait a mintue

[quantaman]

Apple purchased Nothing Real in February 2002

But I thought they bought that company in February what does it mean they purchased nothing? Oh wait the name of the company was Nothing Real? Ohh!

Re:No Worries

[Anonymous Coward]

iShake - the Katherine Hepburn version.

Re:Holy Cow! Marketing Opportunity

[edremy]

Jon and Jen use Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio to make their DVDs for clients. They use MPEG4 to stream content using an approach like you outlined here. Then the couple's kid uses iMovie to make presentations for her class project.

And then they can make a few amateur pornos and sell them to put the kid through college...

Eric

Re:Are you sure?

[Namarrgon]

So their web page design is copyrighted by Apple. That still doesn't mean Apple bought the whole company.