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From: bedney@lanl.gov (Bill Edney)
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Subject: Re: Renderman on NeXT
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Date: 1 May 91 16:25:32 GMT
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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   |

From what I understand, Steve definitely has at least controlling interest.  
Alvy Ray Smith talked about and demoed a new technology he was developing  
called Iceman (for image editing). He said that he had formed a new company to  
sell this technology, but the only problem now was getting permission from  
Steve to sell it, since he had developed it under the auspices of Pixar.
Also, if Steve has controlling interest in Pixar, why would bundling Renderman  
with 3.0 substantially increase the cost of the upgrade?? The whole purpose of  
bundling Renderman is to add value to the NeXT platform in general and  
NeXTdimension in particular.

- Bill Edney
- Los Alamos National Laboratory

"I don't speak for my employer and they don't speak for me. Kind of a nice  
arrangement."