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From: gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Tin Toy
Summary: Who is this Jobs fellow?
Keywords: Pixar, Steve Jobs, NeXT, Tin Toy
Message-ID: <3799@pixar.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 20:21:54 GMT
References: <677@wsu-cs.uucp> <760@helios.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce)
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In article <760@helios.toronto.edu> dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) writes:

>                                  In their acceptance speech they
>made a point of thanking Steve Jobs in addition to the Pixar folks.
>Anybody know what Mr. Jobs did to assist this film, or was it
>just that these guys like their Macs?
>
>
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> Kevin Dooley         UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley
> Physics Dept.        BITNET - dooley@utorphys
> U. of Toronto        INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca

Actually, Steve Jobs owns a large chunk of Pixar.  About three years ago,
George Lucas (no relation to the 68020 board) sold off the Pixar Computer
Graphics Division of Lucasfilm to Steve Jobs and the employees of Pixar.
Stever bought 70% and the employees bought 30%.  In many ways Steve has been a
'benefactor' of Pixar just as in the renaissance there were 'patrons' of the
arts.  Except in this case, we intend to make a profit for Steve.

None of the work for Tin Toy was done in a MacIntosh, thought we will support
the Mac II soon as a host through the SCSI port.  

George Buce (8{>
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