SL originally was rebuilt through Fermilab/CERN for HEP and adopted by a 
number of persons who wanted a stable "hardened enterprise" Linux. 
Because of the association with HEP and the needed computational 
resources for the support of HEP, I was curious if anyone on this list 
was or will be involved with FORM.  Was FORM being used on SL 
environments?  Is it being used today on whatever environments that 
currently are deployed by what were SL HEP sites?  Most of the HEP lists 
that are available outside of the actual communities of the various HEP 
collaborations do not seem to be discussing this issue.  Sorry for the 
intrusion.

On 1/4/23 19:14, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 8:34 PM Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Is anyone on this list using or involved with FORM?  Although the
>> account below is for the popular press, the content is relevant, as is
>> the retention, tenure, and promotion process for university-based
>> faculty who often are the (sub)PI for a HEP experiment (sub-PI may mean
>> PI on a grant that depends upon the overall collaboration to be fundable).
>>
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.quantamagazine.org_crucial-2Dcomputer-2Dprogram-2Dfor-2Dparticle-2Dphysics-2Dat-2Drisk-2Dof-2Dobsolescence-2D20221201_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=BVKcgRQ4MjUdslTNpZMW9YNlzNB_l1ZaqYbRjXw-F7AWZ0VY4Ie43vgk-HR5KTSl&s=O1GdXMWyirwUFfFFT0h4UfGn3RAU0ntgYkJTb_bJ_mY&e=
> 
> This would seem to have nothing to do with Scientific Linux, which is
> a rebuilt operating system from an upstream source and no longer being
> maintained. Why do you bring it up here?
> 
> Nico Kadel-Garcia