"Popular Nastran Offering on SGI Servers Running Linux and Intel
Itanium."
"MSC.Software Corp., an established information technology
software and services provider helping companies worldwide develop
better products faster, and SGI (NYSE:SGI), today announced that
two popular MSC.Software simulation products will be provided on
the Linux operating system. By offering MSC.Nastran on Linux,
MSC.Software and SGI make their powerful computer-aided engineering
and advanced graphics solutions available to a wider market through
powerful Intel Itanium servers."
"MSC.Nastran is used in numerous industries to analyze and
improve both simple and complex designs -- from wheel bearings and
bass guitars to planes, trains and automobiles. The results from
MSC.Nastran are so trusted that airplane manufacturers use the
results to get FAA certification. MSC.Nastran's availability on the
open-source Linux platform enables MSC.Software to address the
critical design needs of companies that rely on this stable and
reliable operating system."