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Disney uses Photoshop on Linux

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:38 am
by Starion
Penguin Moves to Disney

It seems that Disney uses Linux to save money.

August 4, 2003
By Anne Chen
The idea: develop technology using the Wine emulator to run Adobe Photoshop on Linux.

...The project has paid off tremendously for Disney this year alone. Development of the porting solution, including site licenses, cost Disney less than $15,000. Had he opted to run Photoshop on Windows machines, it would have cost upward of $50,000 just in annual licensing fees, said Brooks. He estimates support would have been an additional $40,000 a year.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1210030,00.asp


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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:15 am
by jabroni76
uhh... thats a lot of money saved... Pretty weird thing, but cool!~ :lol: