JHPC is a research group. The reason we have chosen the .org designation is to allow those from all universities and companies to feel welcome to participate in our efforts.
The purpose of JHPC is to develop software and libraries to facilitate the development of high-end distributed computing applications. JHPC completely supports the mission of the Java Grande Forum, which is an open forum of academics and industry participants communicating with Sun Microsystems to make Java the grande programming language for scientific and technical computing.
So exactly what happened to the web site?
If you have been wondering what happened to jhpc.org, fear not! We are still on the Internet. We had problems with our previous web hosting service. Then we tried another provider, and another. Anyway, let's just say we have built up a good list of companies you should avoid if you ever need a web hosting service.
We are now with a service that appears to care about its customers. They even have explicit wording on their web site to the effect of "We care" and "We would never leave you". It almost drove me to tears, so I signed up. These people are using zippy Solaris systems and seem to understand how Microsoft technology works so we can use FrontPage 98 properly.
Anyway, thanks to those of you who are coming back to our site. Hopefully, we will be able to restore everything that was here previously. We'll also be unveiling a new theme for JHPC, so you will not have to be subject to yet another Microsoft theme.
Webs once lost but now are found!