For a long time, Microsoft has been behind the ses peting against all kinds of panies vying fital dominance. One signifit struggle that reflected this mediation was Napster. Since 1988, the pany's shares, which were ted in thousands, began to be ted in hundreds of millions. Even now, it's intriguing how expansion demands another round of stock expansion to stabilize the pany. Both Bill Gates and Paul Allen believe that 3D and 2D graphics produced by puters provide special image quality. The best pany to acquire for this purpose is Autodesk. However, the purchase seems spicuously plicated because this pany makes many private acquisitions that help plete its services.

  Pixar Studios is an animation studio that particurly lises first-css graphic quality. They acquired an animation software pany, but its teical quality didn't even reach the level of animations from the 80s presented by Pixar in their ercials. Over time, only Pixar be sidered the best. However, three panies are dedicated to puter modeling, and all three have achieved signifit milestones: Pixar, Autodesk, and ID Software.

  These three panies be called leaders in their market, and their willio share 3D animation is important. Softimage Inc., a 3D animation software pany founded in 1994, developed animation and visual effects tools used in films, games, and multimedia produs. However, its tools are insuffit. The acquisition, valued at least at 67 million, has helped improve the graphid important visuals for the MSN (Microsoft System work) delivery pany.

  With the Pixar studio lise purchased from Softimage fht million dolrs, they modified the idea of Bill Gates and Paul Allen to expand their animation softrodu services. They aim to bloetscape Navigator year, by any means necessary.

  -Yes, however, we desire to unicate with Mr. Carson. We don't want to undermihings, but it's my boss who wants to have a sharp discussion with your boss, - mentioned Dorothea an, an administrator and puter engihe sed icrosoft, below John Frontman.

  -Yes, - replied to Rachel. - But the president is a very busy person. For now, he's out of the try, and his schedule will be full until November 15th. However, the CEO unicate with you. -

  -We'll wait until November 15th. My bosses expect firmation if one of the partial owners of the pany attend on November 15th for a discussion, - said Dorothea, frankly tired of serving as the operatioary.

  -I'll bring everything to the president's attention at the board meeting. I'll give a unication for that date. From Lux Animation, reciate the purchase of Pixar Studio service, -said Rachel.

  They hung up.

  Rachel was cheerful. She was overseeing the project with Randal McArthur and Johcher. They had a total of 17 firmed sales, including panies like Microsoft, AOL, , scape, Opera Software, Mosaiunications, Nokia, Motoro, Sony, Disney, Warner, Universal, and her lises that were yet to be firmed.

  The product was a success. From France, Germany, Engnd, Italy, Spain, and Japan, everyone wao acquire the lising service.

  The expansion of Pixar and Autodesk was a fact. The services for improving architectural design, engineering, sales, and its ructure that Billy desired with John Walker's fervor for Autodesk's growth. With Pixar Studios' new program, the pany's valuation rose to 450 million.

  The purchase of Pro/Engineer was a fact, an iment of 67 million to assist software simir to CAD, with more funal trends in puter-aided engineering proje. It had options that would revitalize the ptform.

  For Pixar, more puter engineers would be hired for animated software development. A seanager would be added to coordinate film produ separately, and sketches of the third movie, "The Ice Age," would be presented with ten new animators, now awaiting hiring, a project led by Peter Docter, who now only has three animators behind him for character creation.

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  -I heard that our Pixar studio project has borne fruit, - said John Lasseter at the weekly meeting, which was impromptu.

  -The annou has been made. Peter Docter will oversee all the details of animatioion. We've already hired a team of ten to learn under Peter Duidand make progress. For now, they'll only be making short clips, 3 to 5 minutes long, to delve into the intricacies of teology, - said Randall McArthur.

  Peter Docter nodded. It was the first projetrusted to him, and he was eager to create the movie "The Ice Age," which promised to be a edid spiritual relief for the animation pany.

  - Isn't that trary to our idea? - said Alvy Ray, irely agreeing with the idea of providing the software that they had worked so hard to design, tless hours of work.

  -We've earned enough to produ extra animated film, even with a failure. It's just a prig relief. Films are one of the riskiest activities I've seen. I almost feel like we're gold prospectors, or perhaps I'm running a risk-taking pany with employees who engage ireme sports daily, -said Randall McArthur, leaning forward in his chair, his imposing stature making his colleagues seem small.

  - Then more funds will e in, - said Ed Camult.

  -Yes, but we won't expa. We'll focus on hardware. For some time now, you've mentiohat the team needs better puters. I uand they haven't been upgraded since 1992, in the days of Jobs, - said Randall.

  -That's true, - said John Lasseter.

  One of the points they've struggled with since Billy's era in 1991 is not reproag the boy for receiving little profit. It's because of his films at Lux Animation that they tih their creative spirit.

  -SGI has accepted our proposal, - said Ed Camult.

  -Yes, we'll ally with SGI. They'll start w under our sponsorship and assistance. We'll try to produce a puter that allows for duplig the graphic processing we have without other means present and doubling the w memory, - said Randall McArthur.

  Sili Graphics, Inc. would join in a vehat not only involved Pixar, but panies like paq, Digital Equipment Corporation, MIPS, Groupe Bull, Siemens, NEetPower, Microsoft, and Santa Cruz Operation would support the creation of an improvement in puting performance, introdug microprocessraphic tablets, and processors.

  -So, let's hope the iment indeed helps the pany, - said Ed Camult.

  -Now, we only o tih the creation of our creative projects, which surely are the mainstay of the pany, - said Randall McArthur.

  The main people responsible fotiating with teology panies were primarily Randall McArthur and John Walker, but now, with Billy's involvement looming, things would be reassessed differently.

  The agenda was clear: software, and more software, creatier animation systems, and graphihas in video games. However, the trick was that they needed equipment that could run their products.

  That didn't bother Randall McArthur at all.

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