> much of the CG in Titanic was rendered on Linux/Alpha boxes
> running binaries compiled on Tru64Unix. Whether license fees were paid, or
> there was some sort of agreement, or just "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no
> more", I don't know for sure.
Cameron's film was expected by many to be a flop. Maybe some
far-sighted soul at Compaq managed to secure a few percent of the
profits in "some sort of agreement". :-)
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