I've been playing with FLOSS (Free Linux Open Source Software) alternatives for some time now. I have been using for example:
Sage (like Mathematica)
Octave (like MATLAB)
R (like S-Plus).
I wonder if you might want to include Sage in pelicanHPC in the future. They have a package called dSage for distributed computing that may be of interest to you and your users! With this package you could set up a grid much like gridMathematica!
Take a look at:
http://www.sagemath.orghttp://sagenb.orgI love your clustered approach to Octave! My students and I are going to have a field day with your CD next year. I have an independent study class on clusters, but the school year is nearing an end...
Regards,
AJG
