telic
February 11th, 2008, 03:41 PM
The Society of Digital Artists (http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4417) reports...
Another prestigious award, the Special Achievement Annie Award went to Edwin R. Leonard for seeing the need to adopt Linux as common industry platform. He convinced the studios to get behind him, then pushed for hardware and software vendors to create what was needed to allow the studios to move to Linux. DreamWorks became the first animation studio to adopt a complete Linux pipeline, and as others followed suit, Linux has become a standard OS for VFX studios around the world. "Ed's work has paved the path for a spirit of technical collaboration across studios that continues to benefit the industry today." Leonard first recognized his colleagues at DreamWorks for their contribution and collaboration, and thanked the many in the industry that had made the universal transition possible. Shortly after he followed with a thanks to his assistant who "just keeps me sane", and his wife who has the most important job of raising his three children while he was "playing with Linux."
The Annie Awards (http://www.annieawards.org/)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/TRexx/linuxlove_msdiss.gif
Another prestigious award, the Special Achievement Annie Award went to Edwin R. Leonard for seeing the need to adopt Linux as common industry platform. He convinced the studios to get behind him, then pushed for hardware and software vendors to create what was needed to allow the studios to move to Linux. DreamWorks became the first animation studio to adopt a complete Linux pipeline, and as others followed suit, Linux has become a standard OS for VFX studios around the world. "Ed's work has paved the path for a spirit of technical collaboration across studios that continues to benefit the industry today." Leonard first recognized his colleagues at DreamWorks for their contribution and collaboration, and thanked the many in the industry that had made the universal transition possible. Shortly after he followed with a thanks to his assistant who "just keeps me sane", and his wife who has the most important job of raising his three children while he was "playing with Linux."
The Annie Awards (http://www.annieawards.org/)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/TRexx/linuxlove_msdiss.gif