Loveland, Colorado -- 6 October 2004 -- Terra Soft Solutions(R), Inc., the leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions is pleased to promote IBM's "Linux on POWER Open Source Developer Contest", designed to move open source applications to Linux running on the PowerPC architecture.
IBM's desire is to further expand the foundation of PowerPC Linux applications. As more developers are becoming familiar with working on 64-bit PowerPC Linux, the foundation of supported applications has grown tremendously which in turn offers a more diverse environment from which to learn, work, and play.
"I am very pleased with the dedication IBM has demonstrated toward PowerPC Linux, " states Kai Staats, CEO Terra Soft Solutions, "We are honored to be a part of this contest ... eager to deliver 100 G5s with Y-HPC pre-installed to the [Tier 2] winners."
Winners of this contest will receive prizes as follows:
The Tier 1 winner will receive a Toyota Prius.Registration for the contest must be completed by October 31st, 2004. See www.linuxonpower.com for registration, contest rules, and regulations. Ported applications must be submitted on or before December 10th. The winners will receive notification on or about December 24th, 2004.
100 Tier 2 winners will receive a free Apple dual G5 Power Mac through Terra Soft with Y-HPC pre-installed.
100 Tier 3 winners will receive cash prices.
For developers who do not currently have access to a POWER or PowerPC development box, free ppc64 shells are available at www.egr.up.edu/powerlinux.
Terra Soft will direct contest updates and announcement of winners to the Yellow Dog Developers mailing list.
About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft is a leading Integrated Solutions Provider with proven expertise in the PowerPC architecture and Linux OS platform. As an Apple Authorized Proprietary Solutions Provider and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft provides turnkey and build-to-order portables, desktop workstations, application and network servers, and HPC clusters. Terra Soft offers both 32-bit and 64-bit distributions to the Linux on POWER developer community.
For more information, visit www.terrasoftsolutions.com
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