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

[Fred Pilcher <fpilcher@netspeed.com.au>]

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.

Fred