22 Feb
2007
22 Feb
'07
7:01 a.m.
Martin Marshall wrote:
There used to be another good write-up about this on the web, but
unfortunately I don't seem to have the URL any more to even plug into the
wayback site.
I recall using it as evidence of Linux being used to solve real-world problems
back in the 90s, when trying to win some people over to increased Linux usage
at the place where I worked then.
I seem to recall an article that mentioned that
the effects on
"Titanic" were rendered using a room/closet full of Peecees (Dell, I
think)... Something about the hardware (running Linux, IIRC) cost
less than $50K.
160 x 433Mhz Alpha's for the rendering farm.
See:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2494