Oldtech wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Acer revises down this year's revenue growth projection
>>
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>> | Acer Inc yesterday revised downward its revenue growth to less than 40
>> | percent, citing a weaker-than-expected impact from the release of
>> | Microsoft's Vista operating system.
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>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/06/15/2003365394
>
> Perhaps they will observe, even maybe follow, the phenomenal growth of
> Lenovo, with installed Linux systems, and Dell Ubuntu units?
>>
>> Microsoft Vista failed to spur graphics board business
>>
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>> | More data from Jon Peddie Research confirmed the anecdotal
>> | evidence the channel has relayed to us about the introduction
>> | of Microsoft Vista.
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40343
>
> Wait, wait! Don't tell me! No good graphics systems actually work well
> on Microsoft's bloated platform, Vista, that is about 20 to 25% SLOWER
> than XP! All of Hollywood, perhaps followed by Bollywood studios, are
> rendering in the GIMP, on GNU/Linux clusters!
They use Linux on the desktop too, but it's a fairly 'closed' system in the
sense that it's work-oriented and no tinkering/surfing is involved.
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| "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more]
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
Here is a good list:
Studios Using Linux
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| * Digital Domain
| * Disney
| * Double Negative
| * DreamWorks Animation
| * Flash Film Works
| * Hammerhead
| * Industrial Light & Magic
| * Moving Picture Company
| * Pixar
| * Rhythm & Hues
| * Sony Pictures
| * Tippett
| * Weta Digital
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http://linuxmovies.org/studios.html
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