David Murphy wrote:
>> Quoting <392A4057.D4485685 at ireland.sun.com>
> by Kieran Colfer - Sun Microsystems Ireland <kieran.colfer at ireland.sun.com>:
>> > As for the thing about films and macs, I thought that was because apple
> > monitors used to have a higher refresh rate than PC screens, so you
> > avoided the awful flickering effect you sometimes see on screens in news
> > clips.
>> It's product placement, pure and simple. The idea of hollywood execs
> picking up on *nix is frankly ludicrous.
Hey if HBO could make the Pirates Of Silicon Valley, there is a
possibility that they could do a movie about Linux.
Regards...jmcc
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