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Entropia
'''Entropia, Inc.''' is a [[company]] founded in [[1997]] which sells [[distributed computing]] [[software]].

Entropia ran the [[server]] for [[GIMPS]], a distributed computing project researching [[Mersenne prime]] numbers.  

Founder [[Scott Kurowski]], who has since left Entropia, now runs the server.  

Entropia has also helped with research on [[AIDS]] and other subjects.

'''Entropia''' was a neo-Progressive Rock Band in the 1990's. Based in Caracas, Venezuela, their members '''Horacio "Lacho" Sosa''' (Bass), '''Jesus Bello''' (lead Guitars and backing vocals), '''Jorge Luis Jimenez''' (Drums and backing vocals) and '''Juan Pablo Bello''' (Keyboards) were working together for about 4 years. Unfortunately the the band never found the right lead vocalist to complete the project, 9 different vocalists were getting in and out of the band in 4 years, an unsuccessfuly effort. However the energy of the compositions and the brotherhood between the members was simply outstanding. Entropia was doing what nobody else was at that time in Venezuela. The band got to do 2 gigs, the first one at Soho Cafe at Las Mercedes in Caracas and the second one at Sp(contracted; show full)e who stayed more time into the band. The Entropia material is hold by Jesus Bello on audio CD format. The unreleased material is hold by drummer Jorge Jimenez on sequences and midi files format. Their members are currently working by themselves in different countries and they have no plans of revived the band. Drummer Jimenez is planning to create an Entropia webpage early next year.

== See also ==
* [[GIMPS]]
* [[Distributed computing]]

== External link ==
* [http://www.entropia.com/ Official Web Site]