OT: Something better than kino?

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 08:48 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> > On Fri February 29 2008, Claude Jones wrote:
> >> Jahshaka had a lot of promise, and got a bunch of money a couple
> >> of years back, including from HP, but, since then, there's been
> >> more work on the website than on the code
> > 
> > Checking just now, I find this on the Jahshaka website - it would appear that 
> > my observations were on the mark:
> > 
> > "We are pleased to announce that the jahshaka project has been liberated from 
> > its evil benefactors and is now free to get back to its roots and start 
> > building the high end visual effects tools it set out to deliver!
> > 
> > For the past 2 years our project has been held up by a group of sponsors who 
> > had alternative goals when they took the project over......"
> > 
> > http://jahshaka.org/News/p2_articleid/76
> > 
> > I don't know if HP is among the "evil sponsors" to which they are referring. I 
> > had always thought they were one of the better corporate players in the world 
> > of Linux, so I hope it's not the case. 
> 
> That is probably why I never heard of it before.
> 
> I did come across this article about editing videos in Linux, even 
> though it is Ubuntu based, it does point to a area that is lacking. 
> What is strange is Linux is used in the film industry, just not in 
> area's that many are looking at.
> 
> http://ubuntu.sabza.org/2008/03/02/ubuntu-linux-subtitles-video-editing-and-dvd-authoring/
> 

I thought Industrial Light & Magic used it, as well as the JPL Labs,
NASA. I'd like to have what they have!! <grins> Ric

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