After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Autodesk F1Q08 (Qtr End 4/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | As customers continue to transition away from proprietary high-end
> | SGI workstations, revenue from our Linux based solutions continues
> | to show strong growth. In fact this quarter, nearly 90% of our
> | systems product revenue was Linux based. Overall, I'm very
> | pleased with our performance this quarter.
> `----
>
> http://seekingalpha.com/article/35916?source=feed
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7639522
Autodesk Maya
Found this amusing from that link:
Note: Autodesk Maya 8.5 is also capable of running on other hardware
configurations such as the Power Mac G4 or boutique distributions of
Linux.
"boutique" Linux?
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5562667
Autodesk Burn
Render requests are made from Inferno, Flint, Flame, Fire, Smoke, and
Lustre systems to the Backburner server. Backburner prioritizes the
availability and efficiency of each Burn node, and delegates rend
tasks accordingly.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7668850
Autodesk Lustre
Make your projects better than real with Autodesk® Lustre® software,
the premier creative color grading toolset specifically designed to
take on the short-form and long-form projects faced by colorists
every day
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6861765
mental ray
Generate high-quality images with unsurpassed realism. Take full
advantage of parallelism on both multicore and multiprocessor
workstations or across networked computers to achieve scalable
performance.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=8366619&linkID=9242178
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Services & Support
Creating debug.log file for FLEXlm® License Manager on Linux
<frown> License managers... what a pain in the assssssssss.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=7815315
Autodesk Flint
Linux Advantage
Take advantage of the latest computing, storage and networking
technologies. Today's multi-core workstations provide compelling
productivity gains. Autodesk creative systems harness the full power
of multi-core processor technology, and the extensible, open
architecture of the Linux platform.
White Paper
Implications of High Perfomance Linux Workstations
<http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/linux_wp_2006.pdf>
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=6387819&linkID=5572944
Autodesk Toxik
Autodesk Introduces Linux-based Version of Autodesk Toxik Visual
Effects Software
Offers Film Studios and Post-Production Facilities Greater Choice in
Back-End Digital Film Workflow
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 5, 2005 At the Digital Media Festival
in Sydney, Australia, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today launched
Autodesk Toxik visual effects software running on the Linux operating
system.
...
Linux is now a prevalent operating system for feature film pipelines.
It simplifies the management of large, computerized workgroups and
meets the storage and networking requirements for massive,
high-quality images.
The Linux operating system has gained popularity amongst film studios
and post-production facilities in Australia, Europe and North
America. Australia's largest post-production company,...
Too many products still to post links to.
Some of them are supported on Windows and Mac as well, but it should be
obvious just how much AutoDesk is relying on Linux and other open-source
software.
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