Re: Pixar using G4s &G5s?

Jason Kim <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.linux.movies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I also remember hearing that Pixar recently installed a large new 
renderfarm of PIVs running Linux. Maybe the confusion stems from the 
use of both Linux (renderfarm nodes) and OS X (workstations) at Pixar.

-Jason


On Feb 25, 2004, at 10:08 AM, Rudy wrote:

> According to this old post on /. they been moving to OS X for
> some time now.
>
> http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/10/1827213&mode=thread
>
> A quick search on MacCentral:
>
> http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/28/pixarosx/
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:31:18 -0500
>> From: Stephen <kru_tch-FFYn/[email protected]>
>> Subject: [Linuxmovies-general] Pixar using G4s &G5s?
>> To: Linuxmovies-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
>>
>> Good day Folks,
>>
>> On another e-mail list I frequent, a poster (who said they
> just finished
>> doing some work at Pixar), suggested that Pixar is full of
> G4s and G5s.
>>
>> Is this accurate, have they moved from Linux to Macintosh?
> While I
>> realize that Jobs is something of an entity over there, I
> find it hard
>> for one to justify an ROE/TCO for Apple hardware. Am I off
> base here
>> entirely?
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> -- 
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>>
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