<s>
The	O
European	B-Operating_System
Middleware	I-Operating_System
Initiative	I-Operating_System
(	O
EMI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
for	O
high	O
performance	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
other	O
grid	B-Architecture
middleware	I-Architecture
distributions	O
used	O
by	O
scientific	O
research	O
communities	O
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
infrastructures	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
especially	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
South	O
America	O
and	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMI	O
supports	O
broad	O
scientific	O
experiments	O
and	O
initiatives	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Worldwide	O
LHC	O
Computing	B-Architecture
Grid	I-Architecture
(	O
for	O
the	O
Large	O
Hadron	O
Collider	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EMI	O
middleware	O
is	O
a	O
cooperation	O
among	O
three	O
general	O
purpose	O
grid	O
platforms	O
,	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Operating_System
Resource	I-Operating_System
Connector	I-Operating_System
,	O
gLite	B-Operating_System
and	O
UNICORE	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
dCache	O
storage	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
will	O
be	O
adapted	O
as	O
necessary	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
standard	O
open-source	B-Application
guidelines	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
integration	O
in	O
mainstream	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cooperation	O
with	O
FutureGrid	O
,	O
a	O
US	O
distributed	O
testbed	O
for	O
Clouds	O
,	O
Grids	O
and	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
common	O
EMI	O
license	O
though	O
all	O
licenses	O
used	O
by	O
EMI	O
are	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
composed	O
of	O
56	O
products	O
packaged	O
for	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
5	O
(	O
32	O
,	O
64bit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
release	O
is	O
also	O
made	O
of	O
56	O
products	O
which	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
5	O
64bit	O
and	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
6	O
64bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
release	O
contains	O
61	O
products	O
for	O
the	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
5	O
64bit	O
(	O
480	O
packages	O
)	O
,	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
6	O
64bit	O
(	O
474	O
packages	O
)	O
and	O
Debian	O
6	O
(	O
233	O
packages	O
)	O
Linux	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
components	O
are	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
platforms	O
while	O
some	O
are	O
not	O
on	O
Debian	O
.	O
</s>
