Actually Dinsey bought Pixar in 2006 for about $7.5 Billion.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/disney_pixar_deal/
With Steve's ownership of Pixar that made him now one of the largest
shareholders in Disney. Also I vaugley recall in the DVD commentary in
the extras on Cars that Lasseter, the creative guy behind Pixar, was
fired from Disney mainly because he was stepping on toes for pushing
computer animation. I guess he's crying al the way to the bank now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lasseter
CB
Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
On 17 Jan, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Rich Caloggero wrote:
What is Steve Jobb's connection to Pixar? What is Apples relationship
with Pixar and Disney? I don't know - seems to me they are all
playing the same game.
-- Rich
Steve Jobs co-founded Pixar, providing much of their financial backing
and owns a healthy stake in the company. Pixar and Disney work
together, and because of Jobs's heavy involvement in Pixar, he is on
the board of directors of Disney.
Apple is not paying off record labels who try to say that iPods are
primarily used for pirating music. That is Universal's stance, and
that is why Microsoft pays them off. There's a famous quote from a
Universal executive that went something like, "iPods are nothing more
than a receptical for stolen content." Those two situations are
totally different.
Josh de Lioncourt
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