Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9951
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During the production of Spiderwick, Tippett Studio switched to Fedora
Linux running on Macintosh desktops. "We currently have 119
Intel-based Apple Mac Pro workstations running Linux", says Tippett
Computer Graphics Supervisor Russell Darling. "We decided to go with
Apple hardware running Linux for our primary artist workstations on
The Spiderwick Chronicles, although it might have been considered a
risky endeavor for a show in production. We initially had some
problems with sound on Maya and a few other minor issues, but they
were resolved. We got a patch from Autodesk that took care of
everything." Commercial Linux software vendors work closely with film
studio clients.
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About Me
by Chris Talliss
Hi:
My name is Chris Talliss
I currently teach Maths at a Thailand Government School.
I was Marketing Manager for The Electronics Test Centre in Alberta, Canada
for 8 years.
I have developed and implemented plans to penetrate new markets in the
defence and aerospace industry. I sold services to national and
international high tech companies.
That was a few years ago but since that date I built a successful home
repair and renovation business.
Back in the dark ages I was a large systems engineer for Burroughs machines
Ltd.,at a bank centre in London, England.
I have some time available to help with whatever as I am so fed up with Bill
and his third rate software.
Plus I am really upset that I did not buy shares back in the 80's
16 years
re: Ubuntu Marketing ( on the Fedora Marketing List ? )
by Mike Feravolo
Hello:
I am a little confused here, since I read also the Ubuntu Marketing
Mailing List. However it seems to me some people here want to restrict
my freedom to use propriety software if I choose to do so.
Personally I could care less about watching movies and listening to
music on my computer, since I own a TV and a Stereo. But on of my
clients wanted to know if he can play an MP3 on a Linux System.
When I went of to the Fedora Machine in my office to play the MP3, it
gave me the rant of about free software and then pointed me to the
propriety codecs and I downloaded the on that didn't cost anything.
That's the way it should work if you want people to use Linux over
Windows. Skip the load of pseudo-political jive nobody gives a damn
about and just make things to work.
If people want to use propriety software, give them the freedom to do so
with a minimum amount of hassle. There are "Totally" free Linux distros
(e.g. gNewSense) and they don't work on a lot of hardware, these are not
going to sell Linux to the masses.
Remember Software Freedom includes the freedom to charge people money.
Telling them they can't do something for any reason is not freedom, but
then again this is a global list and I don't really know with whom I am
speaking.
Thank You
Mike
Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
16 years, 1 month
[Fwd: Making release a snap]
by John Poelstra
Who like to be the representative from the marketing SIG?
John
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Making release a snap
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:04:49 -0500
From: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: fedora-advisory-board(a)redhat.com
To: fedora-advisory-board <fedora-advisory-board(a)redhat.com>
During our releases -- whether development (Alpha, Beta, PR) or GA -- we
sometimes run into one or two minor speedbumps, usually because there
are so many processes to wrangle for each area of responsibility in
Fedora. Some of these are documented, but probably not all. We want to
tie together ambassadorial and marketing efforts with press releases,
artwork and translations for the website, release of documentation such
as the release notes and guides, static pages for the web, and so on.
(If I missed your favorite area of expertise, my apologies.)
While we don't want to bog down the doers with unnecessary process, we
might be served well by having some sort of cross-project schedule of
events. That way. when the Big Day arrives, all the relevant
sub-project areas can simply check off their lists internally. Is there
interest in trying to improve things this way?
If so, we could do something like the following:
* Each supporting sub-project could offer a point person, maybe the
chair, or a delegate who's been around the release cycle a couple times.
* The point person gathers a proto-schedule of the sub-project's
responsibilities. (This may already be done, which makes this person's
job much easier -- just send a link.)
* I've asked John Poelstra to collect these, take a first shot at
organizing them, and send copies back to the whole group. This is a
similar process to what he already managed successfully for the overall
release plan, only a more granular scale targeting release day in
particular.
* Next week (sometime between 25-29 February) we have a joint phone
session to discuss the preliminary schedule, chase down any dependencies
as needed, and determine if further action is needed.
The goal is not to add to overhead, but to make the release day the flip
of the switch for which we all yearn. In other words, release day
becomes a non-event for us, and a BIG event for the rest of the world.
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