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Dreamworks, Sinbad & Linux
Ex-MislTech writes "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, an animated movie from DreamWorks Animation Technology that hits theaters July 2, is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux. More than 250 Hewlett-Packard workstations running Red Hat Linux make up the core of DreamWorks' graphics platform."
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That makes about as much sense as putting a screen door on a submarine.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
It's all about the cost savings - they've used Unix before, but this makes it less expensive to crank up the number of computers involved. Really, this isn't that big a story. It's well-known that Linux is becoming the platform of choice for this specific application...
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There are better ways to do that, man.
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In other news:
"Making coffee proved a very difficult task for my Ford Explorer."
These always make me laugh. "How come the IBM Linux commercial is only on Windows Media not some open source codec that only we know about..."
It is not irony. There are two major reasons for this:
1. It is marketing. Most people still have windows and will until Linux wins out on the desktop for average users.
2. Avid or whatever they use for edting outputs in whatever the video format guy knows how to use. Most TV producers are not computer scientists and don't see the irony and/or don't care.
Have they created any patches? Have then released them?
If not, what have they contributed to linux (or GNU, or X or KDE or GNOME or...)? Anyone answering "credibility", please go on to explain how encouraging other studios to use linux farms without contributing back helps linux. Anyone thinking that this helps fund Red Hat, please quote where it says that they bought distros or support, rather than doing it in house.
Hearing about people using linux doesn't do anything for me. My mother could use it, but all that would accomplish would be to ensure that I spend all of my time doing tech support for her.
Linux needs contributors, not users.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
In this slashdot article it claims that Spirit was the first movie to be created in a 100% linux environment (in April 2002). How can this Sinbad movie be the first one if Spirit was... Over a year ago. Am I missing something here or is this just another PR attempt?
...if you didn't see it on the Apple Quicktime trailerssite. They're often the first place the trailer shows up.
Or more exactly, the support for good GFX cards. Does HP provide special drivers etc for certain applications or what?
Just thinking of the benefit for the avarage Linux user.
It was created using various applications. Those applications could have been running on FreeBSD, OS X...it doesn't really matter all that much. In fact all of these applications can already be recompiled to run on OS X or whatever. That the name of the kernel providing virtual memory, process switching, device drivers, and some low-level services is "Linux" in this case, well, that's something that really only matters if you're a hardcore geek.
I don't mean this as a flame at all. It's just that this story is misguided advocacy. Generic putdowns of "Windows" are equally as meaningless. People don't use an operating system. People use applications. Being fixated on operating systems is like being fixated on tires instead of cars.
I hadn't noticed that, but a very interesting take on it, nonetheless. Add to that fact, most Disney movies are ripoffs of some other story themselves. So we have a ripoff artist being ripped off. How "ironic"! :)
You will never "find" time for anything. You must "make" it.
Sadly, I think I would actually watch Channel 54.
Why not fork?
Really, what diffrence does it make what kernel ran their graphics software? I mean, this is a good victory for OSS, but it dosn't really help anyone of us.
And notice that the article dosn't mention what software the actual animators used. Sure, I suppose they could have drawn each character on cells and scanned them, but I find that doubtfull.
No, it'll be big news when a movie is produced entirely with Open Source (or at least cheap) software like the movie gimp and other tools.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
That might be interesting, if it were true.
From IMDB.com [imdb.com]:
The release date for "Antz" was 9-19-1998, two months before "A Bug's Life" on 11-14-1998.
"Road to El Dorado" release on 3-31-2000, while "The Emporer's New Groove" released on 12-10-2000 (and the only thing they had in common is that they took place on the same continent)
"Shrek" released on 4-22-2001, six months earlier than "Monsters, Inc" on 10-28-2001.
The only two Dreamworks movies on your list that actually follow Disney movies are "Sinbad" (following "Treasure Planet") and "Sharkslayer" (following "Nemo"). Seeing as "Treasure Planet" (not a Pixar film, nor was "Emperor's") was a huge failure, as will "Sinbad" be, this Dreamworks copycat theory lacks motive. "Sinbad" is based on the story of Sinbad the Pirate, while "Treasure Planet" is a modernization of "Treasure Island". "Sharkslayer" and "Nemo" both take place under water. I guess you win there.
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It's nice seeing on slashdot's frontpage stories like Bill Gates' interview about Linux going nowhere and this story about Linux going everywhere.
I swear, Bill Gates must be the worst technologist/visionary/prophet if he only sees Linux as a passing fad.
Well, Pixar president Ed Catmull said at WWDC last week that the dual 2 GHz G5 Power Mac was the fastest desktop computer for RenderMan.
In addition, Final Cut Pro only runs on Mac, Apple sells Shake for $5000 on Mac OS X and $10000 on Linux and other platforms, 25% Maya sales go to Mac OS X. It looks that Mac OS X on G5 is a far better 3D and video solution than Linux, particularly now that the dual G5 Power Mac is cheaper than the dual Xeon Dell.
Actually those sound like a major improvement.. I might bother getting cable if they had channels like that. The only channels I really like are like Discovery, TLC, and stuff like that.. though I admit I also watch MTV/VH1 and The Cartoon Network.
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Actually though I think geeks could make really good television. A lot of us are real movie/tv buffs and are actually pretty funny. I've actually thought about making a tv series of my life.. something like a combination Jerry Springer, Seinfield, and Freaks & Geeks. I think it'd be pretty popular.. especially with my fellow geeks.
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