k.s. bhaskar

GT.M V5.3-000 is a major new release, with support for HP-UX and GNU/
Linux on Itanium based servers such as the HP Integrity family.

Although there are no changes to M language support or to database
functionality, GT.M has been internally re-engineered to support both
32- and 64-bit architectures. Even on 64-bit hardware, prior GT.M
releases have always executed as 32-bit processes.

In GT.M V5.3-000, GT.M processes on HP-UX and GNU/Linux on Itanium are
true 64-bit processes. On all other platforms, GT.M processes remain
32-bit processes. In releases to follow in the next few months, GT.M
on IBM pSeries AIX and Sun SPARC Solaris will execute as 64-bit
processes. Since all hardware and operating systems on those
platforms are 64-bit, there will be no 32-bit versions of GT.M on
those platforms.

Also coming in a release in the near future, 64-bit GT.M processes
will be supported on GNU/Linux on x86_64. Since 64-bit hardware and
operating systems are not yet common on the x86 platform, a 32-bit
GT.M will continue to be available to run on GNU/Linux on both x86 as
well as x86_64 hardware.

GT.M on OpenVMS & Tru64 UNIX on Alpha/AXP servers, as well as GT.M on
HP-UX on PA-RISC will permanently retain a 32-bit architecture.
Ongoing releases of GT.M on these platforms will include required bug
fixes, but not enhancements.

As with any GT.M release, V5.3-000 includes fixes to bugs &
misfeatures.

Details are in the release notes (http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/
user_documentation/GTM-V53-RL/GTM_V5.3-000_Release_Notes.html).

FIS would like to acknowledge the active participation of HP in the
project to deliver GT.M on Itanium hardware.

The release is available on Source Forge for use under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

As an added precaution against errors in transmission and other causes
of damage to the distribution files, checksums are available for each
file. Please verify the checksums after downloading and before
installing any GT.M distribution. If you get a checksum error, please
download the file and try again. If you get the same incorrect
checksum twice in a row, please send e-mail to gtmsupport at fnis dot
com as soon as possible.

406006561 155485 dbcertify_V53000_linux_i686_pro.tar.gz
334149899 4561975 gtm_V53000_linux_i686_pro.tar.gz
469718107 2825962 gtm_V53000_linux_i686_src.tar.gz

407556814 220314 dbcertify_V53000_osf1_alpha_pro.tar.gz
4003838902 6492615 gtm_V53000_osf1_alpha_pro.tar.gz
1281671799 2831962 gtm_V53000_osf1_alpha_src.tar.gz

1324806470 5492104 gtm_V53000_openvms_alpha_pro.zip
1518742548 4099049 gtm_V53000_openvms_alpha_src.zip

Please remember to download using binary mode.

Regards
-- Bhaskar
ks dot bhaskar at fnis dot com <-- Please note new e-mail domain
http://www.fis-gtm.com