While more computing power is always beneficial, what else does the project need most at this stage?

Are there specific areas where volunteers can contribute beyond donating crunching power?

For example, are there needs related to software development, outreach, documentation, or anything else that could help this projects thrive?

They need at least one programmer who can convert Linux scripts to run under Windows instead.

Not enough information to tell if it would be useful to convert their workunits to run under OpenCL and therefore use GPUs.

By the way, the Denis project (elsewhere) is running a beta test on a new version of their workunits foe simulating heartbeats. It needs some work on their server, though. and some work on getting their software to pass antivirus searches.

While more computing power is always beneficial, what else does the project need most at this stage?

Staff to manage it and fix problems as they occur, instead of relying on the people here to figure out what's wrong and work around it.

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Grant
Darwin NT

To the Project Rosetta Team,

Subject: Inquiry Regarding the Current Status and Future of the Rosetta@home Project - Lack of Work Units (WUs)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to respectfully inquire about the current status of the Rosetta@home project, particularly concerning the significant and prolonged absence of new Work Units (WUs). We have observed a marked reduction in available WUs over the last few months, a development that has caused some wonder among those of us dedicated to providing computational resources.

This situation prompts a few points of puzzlement:

Has the necessity for the Rosetta computing model diminished?

Are there no longer students or staff actively contributing to or managing the project?

Or, indeed, has the Rosetta project perhaps been placed into a state of abeyance?

I personally maintain several high-priority computational assets specifically allocated and waiting to receive Rosetta WUs. In the interim, the processing gap is being filled by other, less significant distributed computing projects, which are being run at a low-priority setting.

We, the contributors who dedicate substantial CPU time to this valuable research, would be most grateful if some clarifying information could be provided. An update detailing the immediate future, as well as the long-term outlook for the Rosetta project, would be highly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter. We eagerly await your response.

Yours faithfully,

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