> it looks like Linux caught on in workstation space pretty quickly. At least for film and visual effects, this is because the industry was previously dominiat

> it looks like Linux caught on in workstation space pretty quickly. At least for film and visual effects, this is because the industry was previously dominiated by SGI and most major studios had pipelines built on IRIX. When NT systems became cost competitive, those studios were reluctant to switch even though the hardware was compelling, due to major challenges with the OS switch. However once Linux came along, it was easy since the OS was so similar. Cheaper hardware, same-ish OS. Done deal.