[Linux-aus] Re: [clug] Re: MtM - companies using foss? - updated

[Kim Hawtin]

On 2/24/07, Fred Pilcher <fpilcher at netspeed.com.au> wrote:
> On Saturday 24 February 2007 00:35, Chris Smart wrote:
> > "Hollywood started using Linux in 1997 for the film Titanic. Film
> > studios Disney Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony, ILM and others now primarily use
> > Linux and since 2003 almost every movie you enjoy at the cinema has been
> > created with the help of Linux. Some of the blockbusters created using
> > Linux before 2003 when using Linux became the norm include; Antz, Cats
> > and Dogs, Chicken Run, Dr. Dolittle, Enemy at the Gates, Final Fantasy,
> > Gladiator, Harry Potter, Incredible Hulk, Lord of the Rings, Men in
> > Black, Pirates of the Caribbean, Planet of the Apes, Shrek, Star Trek,
> > Star Wars, Stuart Little, The Matrix and many more."
>
> I think I heard that Weta in NZ - the mob who did all the LOTR animation, uses
> Linux.

LCA2006 sysadmin miniconf had a lightening talk delivered by Adam about Linux
and other FOSS stuff in use at Weta...

Rising Sun Pictures in Adelaide use Fedora for desktop and server for
most of their
machines.

cheers,

Kim