Description: As it stands now, according to Fox, the Java Grande meeting group has two fundamental roles: It works with Sun to make \"modest changes in the Java programming language to support scientific computing.\" The members explain to the high-end computing community how to use Java technology and the Grande framework and why they should want to do so. Currently, the forum is divided into a numerics working group and a concurrency working group. The forum, though, \"is open to any qualified member.