We have had several conferences with 50---- attendees
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Syracuse December 96
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Las Vegas June 97
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Palo Alto February 98
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Southampton (Europe) September 98
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Next one just before JavaOne next year (June 99)
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Topics of conference papers:
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Applications; algorithms; benchmarking; compilers; Java-based programming tools; parallel computing (tightly coupled) and high performance distributed computing
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"Spun off" Java Grande forum to promote needed community standards and activities.
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Must be proactive because Grande computer market is perhaps 1% of total computing market -- not Sun's highest priority
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