Product Placement - Linux

Jim Herrmann JimH at ItDepends.com
Wed Aug 7 04:31:43 CDT 2002


Actually the production company probably had all that laying around since all 
of Hollywood uses Linux now.  Good spot, Bob!

On Tuesday 06 August 2002 11:00 pm, Robert Kennedy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just got back from a screening of Clint Eastwood's new
> movie "Blood Work."
>
> Early on Eastwood's character interviews a witness to
> a murder. The man's work area contains duel LCD panels
> and off to the side are three black tower
> boxes.(Servers, I assume.)
>
> Above the servers and beyond are about four running
> feet of assorted Linux books. Many have spines we
> would all recognize. Mixed in is a Red Hat 6.1 distro
> box.
>
> Someone bought, or borrowed at least $800, maybe as
> much as $1000 worth of props when they could have used
> on hand brick-a-brack. Somebody at Malpaso Productions
> had a statement to make.
>
> Best,
> Bob Kennedy
>
>
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