On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 11:33, Tim Cutts wrote: > > I think the "most tools for bioinformatics under linux" is not > > exactly true. I don't think you will find much trouble finding an osx > > port for most of the tools. FYI there is going to be a webcast about > > the Xserve cluster for use in bioinformatics next thursday, you might > > want to watch, you might get some of your questions answered. > > Sounds worth a listen... Note: the 200+ tools come from PISE http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/sis/Pise/ , which obtained them from the original authors. Nothing special about the G5 w.r.t. this, as they are source based, and should build reasonably well on most platforms. Joe