Re:That famous Pixar lunch of 1994 (2014)
by KerrAvon on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:52PM
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>illegal anti-competitive practices
Genuinely don't know what this refers to -- when was Pixar large enough to do that?
"According to the lawsuit, the defendant studios, including Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Blue Sky, schemed to avoid high wages for artists by discussing and agreeing to compensation ranges for employees – that is, pay for employees would not go above certain, agreed-upon levels, so that the studios could limit their payroll expenses."
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/federal-judge-dismisses-a...
Very similar to what Jobs did with other tech companies to drive down wages for engineers.
Re:That famous Pixar lunch of 1994 (2014)
by dahart on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:35PM
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It was multiple studios, not Pixar alone. http://www.animationlawsuit.com/faqs.aspx
Luck: Lucas let them leave as a division rather than just shut them down or have them each choose other divisions.
Luck: They didn't get sold to HP but instead to Jobs
Luck: Jobs was willing to blow 70 million over 4 years on them failing to be a computer company before letting them pivot to movies. Lots of people could probably pull some level of success from being given $70 million+ (though probably not Pixar level success)
Luck: Lassiter didn't get fired earlier for sexual harassment (not in the book)
Luck: Catmull didn't get sued for illegal anti-competitive practices. (not in the book)
Of course I love many Pixar movies and respect the amount of effort and talent that goes into them.