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From: wave@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Renderman on NeXT
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Date: 1 May 91 01:23:44 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.171838.1889@dircon.co.uk> <1991Apr30.064641.24388@hardy.u.washington.edu> <1991Apr30.181640.1@sif.claremont.edu>
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In article <1991Apr30.181640.1@sif.claremont.edu> greg@sif.claremont.edu (Tigger) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr30.064641.24388@hardy.u.washington.edu>, absinthe@hardy.u.washington.edu (Daniel Faken) writes:
>>> 
>>> ...Speaking of Pixar, was everyone aware that Steve Jobs *OWNS* it?
>>> I sure wasn't... 
>>
>>If I recall correctly, Jobs is one of the largest investors but does not
>>"own" the company.  I don't think he even has a majority share...
>>
>>|   Greg Orman                                        Let's get lost       |
>>|   greg@pomona.claremont.edu                            - Fieger/Averre   |

Last I checked, Jobs owned exactly 51% of Pixar.  That data comes from an 
article I read several (1987?) years ago when Jobs bought into Pixar, so I
could be misremembering, but I doubt it.  i.e., he doesn't own the whole
thing, but he is the majority stockholder.  As to the bundling of Renderman
increasing the cost of the upgrade, I think the idea is to "bundle it" the
same way say, Mathematica, is bundled.  Mathematica is an expensive program
on other machines, but because NeXT and Wolfram cut a deal, it comes to you
with the educational purchase of your machine.  

In other words, I think (and hope!) it will be bundled, but don't think it 
will increase the cost of 3.0.


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