What Makes Pixar Run?

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OS X for Pixar

OS X for Pixar 10/29/2003 11:27 AM
Macworld UK reports that Pixar has moved its Mac and Linux infrastructure of over 1,000 machines to Mac OS X. Automation options in OS X reduced the complications and setup time to just 15 minutes per computer. Pixar chose to wait till key applications required by the company could run on OS X before migrating, and OS 9 will no longer be supported within the company. Pixar's RenderMan Pro Server, software used to create award-winning films such as Finding Nemo, was recently ported to Mac OS X.

Welcome To Planet Pixar

Welcome To Planet Pixar 05/26/2004 09:29 PM

Inside Look at Pixar HQ

Inside Look at Pixar HQ 03/22/2005 03:39 PM

Despairing of Pixar

Despairing of Pixar 12/22/2003 11:27 AM

Inside Pixar

Inside Pixar 03/27/2005 10:38 AM

Migrating to Mac OS X (Pixar,
Government?)

Migrating to Mac OS X (Pixar,
Government?) 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
MacWorld details Pixar's previously reported migration to Mac OS X. Pixar leveraged the Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X to help create maintenance a...

Wired 12.06: Welcome to Planet Pixar

Wired 12.06: Welcome to Planet Pixar 05/29/2004 06:08 PM
Welcome to Planet Pixar .. Pixar

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Pixar "Cars" Stalled: So What?

Pixar "Cars" Stalled: So What? 12/27/2004 03:37 PM
Does the delayed release of the next Pixar film matter? Nope.

Expect a Smash from Pixar

Expect a Smash from Pixar 08/03/2004 10:54 AM
Business Week Aug 3 2004 3:38PM GMT

Pixar Triple Profits

Pixar Triple Profits 05/07/2004 04:51 AM
Pixar Animation has announced, reports the BBC, "that for the first quarter of 2004 its net income rose to $26.7m from $8.2m in the same period last year. The San Francisco-based firm thanked the continuing popularity of the film, ["Finding Nemo"], on DVD.

Other News: Comcast + Disney + Pixar?

Other News: Comcast + Disney + Pixar? 02/12/2004 11:28 AM
A Comcast takeover of Disney could re-open Pixar possibilities.

OS X Conference: Pixar Talks OS X
Migration

OS X Conference: Pixar Talks OS X
Migration 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Rather than support both the Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X environments, a conscious decision was made at Pixar to solely use Mac OS X once the majority of the software used at the company was OS X native. By David Read (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Lasseter sells 40,000 shares of Pixar

Lasseter sells 40,000 shares of Pixar 06/18/2004 11:23 AM
Pixar Animation Studios creative chief John Lasseter has sold 40,000 shares of the company in the past month, according to filings with the U.S...

OS X Conference: Pixar talks OS X
migration

OS X Conference: Pixar talks OS X
migration 10/29/2003 03:24 AM
Despite the company's deep connections to Apple, Pixar Animation Studios only completed moving its computer infrastructure to Mac OS X eight months ago. System administrators Bethany Jane Hanson and Gabriel Benveniste said that they deliberately waited until the vast majority of applications they use daily were OS X native. But once that happened, they and the rest of the administrators at Pixar tapped OS X's core Unix capabilities to develop a migration and maintenance scheme that they say has a lower cost of ownership than Mac OS 9.

Disney sequels could hurt Pixar

Disney sequels could hurt Pixar 05/28/2004 01:54 PM
Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner has confirmed to Jessica Reif Cohen of Merrill Lynch that the studio has several sequels in the works to films that Pixar has created for the company...

"in-depth article on the growth of
Pixar"

"in-depth article on the growth of
Pixar" 05/29/2004 05:56 PM

Pixar Beats but Guides Lower

Pixar Beats but Guides Lower 05/07/2004 08:34 PM
TheStreet.com May 8 2004 0:35AM GMT

Disney aping Pixar, going all-digital

Disney aping Pixar, going all-digital 11/10/2003 11:23 PM
Here's a great Slashdot article and discussion thread about Disney's abandonment of traditional, hand-drawn animation (which Disney has sworn, for years, it would never give up), in favor of 3D, computer-generated work.

Supposedly, all of their animators-- even staunch traditionalists such as Glenn Keane-- are being trained on 3D computer animation techniques. The last hand-drawn high-budget Disney feature scheduled for release is Home on the Range, which is due out next April. It appears that Disney is bowing to the supposed pressures of the market, even though the hand-drawn Lilo and Stitch was considered a success and the all-CG Dinosaur (done at Disney's now-defunct FX house The Secret Lab) was not. However, I believe there's another factor at work: Pixar's contract with Disney is set to expire soon, and the revered CG house has been making their own demands of Disney for the contract's renewal.

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Pixar Finds Big Profit Gain

Pixar Finds Big Profit Gain 08/05/2004 05:40 PM
TheStreet.com Aug 5 2004 9:57PM GMT

Pixar announces RenderMan Pro Server 12

Pixar announces RenderMan Pro Server 12 06/02/2004 04:41 PM
Pixar today announced a new version of its Academy Award-winning RenderMan 3D rendering software...

Pixar unveils features for RenderMan Pro
Server 12

Pixar unveils features for RenderMan Pro
Server 12 06/02/2004 05:00 PM
Pixar Animation Studios on Wednesday unveiled the feature list for its forthcoming RenderMan Pro Server 12 rendering software. New features include improvements to 3D "baking," improved volume rendering, performance optimizations and memory reductions of to 30 percent for large scenes, improvements to geometry including a new loop subdivision scheme.

Pixar announces release date for Q1
earnings

Pixar announces release date for Q1
earnings 04/08/2005 06:32 PM
Pixar Animation Studios on Friday announced it will report first quarter 2005 earnings results following market close during a teleconference on Thursday, May 5, 2005. The company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Jobs, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Simon Bax, will discuss information relevant to the first quarter results as well as other recent or upcoming developments affecting the company's operations. The teleconference will take place on Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and participants can call 888-428-4480 (U.S.) or 651-291-5254 (international) 10 minutes prior to the start time to participate. A live audio streaming of the conference call will also be available through Pixar's web site at http://www.pixar.com/investor/index.html.

'Incredible' first day sales for latest
Pixar film

'Incredible' first day sales for latest
Pixar film 03/19/2005 02:48 AM
Pixar's "The Incredibles" sold five million units on DVD and video in North America on its first day of availability, putting it on track to be the best-selling DVD of 2005...

Ain’t It Cool News: THE
INCREDIBLES At Pixar

Ain’t It Cool News: THE
INCREDIBLES At Pixar 03/19/2005 02:18 AM
my office looks nothing like this .. ver las fotos

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Mago Brooms: if Pixar made housewares

Mago Brooms: if Pixar made housewares 12/06/2003 01:07 PM
In a housewares shop today, I was struck by these Mago Brooms, which have the feel of something out of a Pixar cartoon, with colors and lines that look explicitly computer-generated but still fanciful. Link

Nemo helps Pixar triple profits

Nemo helps Pixar triple profits 05/07/2004 02:10 AM
The runaway success of the Finding Nemo film on DVD sees animator Pixar more than triple its quarterly profits.

Pixar shares jump on Sony buyout talk

Pixar shares jump on Sony buyout talk 02/19/2004 02:16 PM
Shares of Pixar jumped more than 5 percent in early trading Thursday amid speculation that Sony is looking to buy the animation company...

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Pixar reports Q2 results; Jobs 'doing
great'

Pixar reports Q2 results; Jobs 'doing
great' 08/05/2004 11:19 PM
Pixar, the animation studio headed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, has announced a second quarter profit of US$37.4 million, or 63 cents per share, thanks to the continuing success of "Finding Nemo" on home video...

Shares of Apple, Pixar dip on news about
CEO Jobs' illness

Shares of Apple, Pixar dip on news about
CEO Jobs' illness 08/03/2004 05:17 AM
USA Today Aug 3 2004 9:33AM GMT

New Pixar short Boundin' featured on
QuickTime site

New Pixar short Boundin' featured on
QuickTime site 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Apple's popular QuickTime Movie Trailers Web site got a new exclusive trailer recently -- it's a new short subject from Steve Jobs' other company, Pixar Animation Studios. You can watch a sneak peek of "Boundin'" right now.

Pixar, THQ enter into multi-license game
agreement

Pixar, THQ enter into multi-license game
agreement 08/06/2004 11:33 AM
Pixar Animation Studios and game publisher THQ Inc. have announced a multi-property publishing deal that grants THQ rights to four of Pixar's upcoming, wholly-owned animated films. The deal will begin in 2006 with Pixar's first film produced outside of its current deal with Disney, and covers properties developed for current and future video game systems, handheld and wireless devices, PCs and Macs.

Pixar Q1 profit rises on 'Nemo' video
sales

Pixar Q1 profit rises on 'Nemo' video
sales 05/06/2004 05:41 PM
Pixar, the animation studio headed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on Thursday reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended April 3, 2004...

Disney's Eisner holds out hope for Pixar
deal

Disney's Eisner holds out hope for Pixar
deal 06/03/2004 12:24 PM
Pixar's public announcement that it won't be working with Disney after the end of its current distribution deal hasn't stopped Disney CEO Michael Eisner from holding out hope that the two studios can broker some sort of arrangement. "I will not believe it is over until it is over," he said to investors during a recent Webcast conference, according to Forbes. In late January, Pixar announced that it had ended efforts to extend its seven-picture distribution deal with Disney, which will expire after the companies release "The Incredibles" and "Cars." In announcing the end of the effort, Pixar CEO Steve Jobs said it was "a shame that Disney won't be participating in Pixar's future successes."

'Nemo' helps Pixar find higher earnings

'Nemo' helps Pixar find higher earnings 08/05/2004 07:34 PM
SiliconValley.com Aug 5 2004 11:13PM GMT

Pixar unveils features for RenderMan Pro
Server 12 (MacCentral)

Pixar unveils features for RenderMan Pro
Server 12 (MacCentral) 06/02/2004 06:16 PM
MacCentral - Pixar Animation Studios on Wednesday unveiled the feature list for its forthcoming RenderMan Pro Server 12 rendering software. New features include improvements to 3D "baking," improved volume rendering, performance optimizations and memory reductions of to 30 percent for large scenes, improvements to geometry including a new loop subdivision scheme.

Pixar profits jump on ''Finding Nemo''
video sales

Pixar profits jump on ''Finding Nemo''
video sales 08/05/2004 07:18 PM
San Jose Mercury News Aug 5 2004 11:13PM GMT

Reacting To Jobs' Cancer, Apple, Pixar
Shares Fall

Reacting To Jobs' Cancer, Apple, Pixar
Shares Fall 08/04/2004 11:31 AM
Apple shares declined Monday, slipping 2.35 percent, or 76 cents, to close at $31.58 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. By May Wong, Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features
RSA Security, Pixar Animation Studios,
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Yahoo!,

Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features
RSA Security, Pixar Animation Studios,
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Yahoo!, 04/05/2005 05:22 PM
Business Wire Apr 5 2005 9:57PM GMT

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs 08/05/2004 10:50 AM

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