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From: leech@polk.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Computer Animations
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Date: 1 Feb 88 18:35:32 GMT
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In article <10974@shemp.UCLA.EDU> trainor@CS.UCLA.EDU (Vulture of Light) writes:
>In article <957@luth.luth.se> Sven-Ove Westberg <sow@cad.luth.se> writes:
>>Some articles has stated that a lot of the old computer graphics
>>animation companys now is defunkt...
>>What about Digital Productions?

    The original principals founded Whitney-Demos productions after
Omnibus acquired DP (which went down the loo together with Omnibus).

>   You forgot to mention Omnibus...
>I will say, though, that from my experience graphics companies do not do
>enough LONG RANGE PLANNING.

    Omnibus' acquisition of DP and Abel probably had a lot to do with
their going under (overextended financially), though since I wasn't
working for them by that time, I'm just speculating. Also, many of the
capabilities that used to be available only on large machines with
custom software have been brought down to the price level where end
users don't *need* to go to a production house, they can do it
inhouse.

    Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu)    __@/
    ``After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be
      resting yourself as to see all the other fellows busy working.''
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