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Enfold Systems just released a Open Source LIMS based on Zope 3 (written in Python) and the python Object/Relational module, SQLObject.

SIP's Project Page is at the enfold systems website. It has flash demo's, screenshots and a link to Sample Inventory Program's Sourceforge Prroject It uses Postgresql but should work on MySQL and on Windows, OSX or *BSD. Link to download 1.0.2

The SIP application requires the Zope 3.0.x release of the Zope application server, PostgreSQL or Sybase Relational Database Servers and the Python 2.3.5 language runtime. Many integration tests exist for various aspects of the SIP application ranging from command line importing of samples and project configuration to CSV web based importing of sample modifications.

I've just finally pulled out some Emboss packages for Debian GNU/Linux that I feel confident enough to hand out... for now, have a look at my Debian/Emboss page .

There is some discussion on /. regarding Linux clustering. Seems the consensus is no book covers this adequately and you're better off using web resources. I concluded something similar from my own research - it seems there is no one guide taking you through the entire process (design, architecture, building and software) and it depends somewhat on your needs.

"The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2's."

I can just imagine how a request for 100 SonyPlaystations would go down with our current school administration :)