“Red Hat this week released alpha source code to enable software
developers to build applications for Intel’s IA-64 architecture
based on Red Hat’s Linux distribution.”
“With the open-source distribution source code, developers will
be able to create Linux-based programs for Itanium, Intel’s first
64-bit processor based on its IA-64 architecture, which is expected
to power high-end servers and workstations. Itanium is due to go
into production in the third quarter of this year….”
“A lot of issues have been raised about the scalability of Linux
in the high-end environment,” London said. “This [source code
release] is going to enable a high-end, intensive computing
environment.“