Word: pixar
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...several years, Netscape has been one of a handful of tech firms to really shine among both Wall Street analysts and the bloodhounds of the Fourth Estate. Netscape, along with such darlings as AOL and Pixar, enjoyed very positive press while seeing its initial public offering soar to meteoric levels...
HUMAN TOUCH: PIXAR BRINGS LIFE TO SCREEN...
Kids and parents alike marveled at the computer-generated antics of Buzz Lightyear and his floppy rival Woody. But that was child's play compared with the technological high jinks Pixar is cooking up for its upcoming Disney movies, A Bug's Life (due this fall) and a sequel to Toy Story (1999). Next on the 3-D animation studio's plate are convincingly rendered humans, the first of which appears in an imaginative short called Geri's Game. Director Jan Pinkava used powerful new software tools to create the skin and facial expressions of an old codger battling...
...what's to think about? Well, Jobs has always claimed he was happy running his animation firm, Pixar, the wizards behind "Toy Story." And Apple experts always assumed he preferred running the company from behind the scenes, which Jobs (who was exclusively profiled recently in TIME) has in effect been doing since his triumphal return last December. Many among the Macintosh faithful wanted Jobs to assume the mantle of supreme charismatic dictator for life, but up until now he has shunned the Napoleon role to work from the backroom on such "insanely great" things as August's Microsoft deal...
...Neither Apple nor Pixar had any comment on the prospect, and the quest for a new CEO ? led by top headhunters Heinrich & Struggles ? officially continues. If Jobs does step up to the plate, their three-month search would seem a little quixotic. Which must leave Apple insiders wondering: is this the way Steve planned it all along...