Here's some news from an IT dept source at Uni' of Canterbury. FYI
NEW OPEN-SOURCE GROUP TO TAP POTENTIAL OF LINUX ON ITANIUM The Gelato Federation will use Intel's 64-bit Itanium processors to develop Linux software for scientific, academic, and research projects, according to a March 12 announcement. Gelato founders include Hewlett-Packard and seven scientific and academic institutions. The organization will apply its work to research with a heavy emphasis on technology, such as the life and physical sciences. The Itanium/Linux platform's usefulness and capabilities will be enhanced through software downloads, technical data, information forums, and other services supplied to researchers by Gelato. "We are building a community of users and a virtual space where they can come together to share open-source code, develop computing solutions, and address real-world problems," stated Dan Reed, director of the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), a Gelato co-founder. (Computerworld Online, 13 March 2002) Mike -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 Fax 3642222
