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Film Gimp

Posted by michael on from the thirty-percent-more-gimpy dept.

gosand writes "DesktopLinux.com is running this story about Film Gimp. It is a movie editor based on The Gimp that movie studios have been developing for their own use for a while now. The article is an interview with Robin Rowe about Film Gimp's use, and includes some interesting info about the film industry's use of GNU/Linux desktops. One quote worth noting: 'Studios have become the leading desktop users of Linux. Three hundred Linux desktops at Dreamworks. That's amazing! While the MPAA is campaigning for new restrictions on content, the artists at the studios are using and helping create open source. Having Linux and open source as a crucial part of studio operations may help executives rethink their corporate position on open source and Linux issues.'"

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  1. Um, no by ekrout · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Studios have become the leading desktop users of Linux. Three hundred Linux desktops at Dreamworks. That's amazing!

    I know that typical Slashdot math (49 + 2 - 1 = 49) is a bit "creative", but I hardly see how a dozen (or even two, three, or four dozen) movie studios with a couple hundred Linux boxes measures up to the predicted number of Linux desktop users (18,000,000) from the folks who run the Linux Counter Web site.

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  2. Note likely. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Flamebait


    > While the MPAA is campaigning for new restrictions on content, the artists at the studios are using and helping create open source. Having Linux and open source as a crucial part of studio operations may help executives rethink their corporate position on open source and Linux issues.

    Whoever wrote that has obviously never had a job. Executives don't give a fig what their employees want or need to get their jobs done.

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  3. Now all that hard work is paying off! by tshak · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    All that hard work that you've spent coding for FREE on the Gimp project is finally paying off! Now, the same companies that bring us great technologies like CSS and great laws like the DMCA are now PROFITING OFF OF YOUR BACKS!

    Okay, maybe my attitude is wrong about the whole thing, but could someone please help me figure out why?

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