Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:26:14 +0200 From: "Rick Hoppe" <mailing@rickhoppe.nl> To: "Happy" <kuishin@singnet.com.sg> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Is FreeBSD used in the Movie Industry?? Message-ID: <MLECKHBMGODPBDHNOIAAGEEKDBAA.mailing@rickhoppe.nl> In-Reply-To: <000501c1d8b2$32ea9fe0$91ff7dcb@ajax>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Happy > Subject: Is FreeBSD used in the Movie Industry?? > > Hi, > I have read on the Internet that FreeBSD is used in making the effects > of the movie, The Matrix. Is that true? > > Are there any movies whose effects are made using freebsd?? > If so,does that mean that an ordinary PC can also produce such effects if > the PC is running freebsd and the apporopiate hard/software? > > Please reply if you can. Thanks!! :) Yes, it's true. But don't know about other movies. <QUOTE> Manex Visual Effects used 32 Dell Precision 410 Dual P-II/450 Processor systems running FreeBSD as the core CG Render Farm. </QUOTE> Check the official FreeBSD Press Release from April 22, 1999. http://www.freebsd.org/news/press-rel-1.html Regards, Rick Hoppe Network- and Systemspecialist Xtraxion Internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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