Red Hat has found a way to link open source with Star Wars. Sci-Fi Geeks across the galaxy must be celebrating as Red Hat seeks to conquer the digital entertainment universe. Here’s the scoop.
Micheline Chau, president and COO of Lucasfilm Ltd. — the George Lucas company behind Star Wars and a lengthy list of related entertainment activities — has joined Red Hat’s board of directors.
The move is more than symbolic. It reinforces the growing role of open source in the movie, online and digital gaming industries.
A decade ago, most special effects were produced on big networks of Unix workstations. Today, Windows- and Linux-based systems are battling to dominate Hollywood special effects, online game development, and so on.
Attracting Chau to Red Hat’s board is no small feat. According to a press release, Chau oversees:
- Lucasfilm’s motion-picture and television productions
- Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound
- LucasArts Entertainment
- Lucas Online (creator of starwars.com)
- Lucasfilm Animation
- Lucas Licensing
Clearly, Chau will help Red Hat to navigate the growing world of digital entertainment — where more and more movie studios and digital game companies are embracing Linux.
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Nice spin on an good move by Red Hat, VAR Guy. But can Red Hat convince Lucasfilm to make Episode VII?
Episode VII? The mighty Solaris x.86 army from The Sun team up with Hans SUSE to fight the “source”; namely the evil Linux empire with their RedHat army? May the source be with you…
Brent: Um, you’re worse than The VAR Guy
Alan: Are you working on the screenplay?