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Disney Switches To Linux For Animation

Posted by timothy on from the intuhlectual-property dept.

EEEthan writes: "It looks like Linux is really the next big thing for movie graphics houses. The New York Times is reporting that Disney has switched over to Linux-based HP workstations for animation. Although Disney has historically been known for their hand-drawn animation, this is a big move to Linux for what might be the world's most famous producer of animated films."

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  1. Disney's split personality by webmaven · · Score: 5, Insightful
    As Cory Doctorow Pointed out:
    "The great irony, of course, is that Disney is also using the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group to make it illegal to develop open source digital video applications."
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  2. Re:Irony by zentec · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Oh you mean a company that takes public domain material (or at least claims it's public domain), uses it to make movies and then works like hell to make sure its own work never appears in the public domain?

    That would be Disney.