Mandrake Software sent us the following announcement: “With Mandrake Linux 8.1 for Itanium-based architecture, MandrakeSoft is proud to provide businesses with a robust and scalable Linux solution for high performance computing.
Mandrake Linux 8.1 for Itanium has been fully tested with numerous HP, IBM and Bull configurations. This new release offers the same features as Mandrake Linux 8.1, but has been optimized for the IA-64 architecture.”
Can you now buy an Itanium box? Are any shipping in mass quantities from brand name distributors? On Dell’s site it doesn’t seem possible to buy one, just to look at the specs (not even customize it!)