Re: [Linux-aus] Linux & Malaria?

[Matthew Hannigan <mlh@zipworld.com.au>]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 01:40:37AM +1100, Donna Benjamin wrote:
> Hey does any one know if Linux is being used in the biotech field -
> specifically in research around curing/preventing/treating Malaria?

DDT [1] is highly effective in preventing Malaria, and one of the
manufacturers (Bayer AG) is a big user of Linux[2].

In fact, at a guess, chemical and pharmaceutical companies
generally would be big users of linux for supercomputing.

Not a direct link, but something to go on perhaps.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
2. http://www.top500.org/list/2002/11



Matt