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Current grid middleware has not caught the interest of anyone outside the major, nationally funded grid projects. Smaller and corporate enterprises are attracted to the ideas, but do not install the available software.

The Thebes Consortium is a group of corporate, higher education, private, and government entities that feel that the concept of grid computing is a valid and important one. We believe the implementation so far have failed because they have not provided scalability, security, ease of use, and have not attracted a community of users. We propose to rectify the situation as a consortium.

This site started as a whitepaper, and now is being used to throw open the gates to the community to help build these concepts and start writing a new breed of grid middleware. Please create an account. Individuals can add comments to anything on the site. Members of the consortium can write new content, and we are now soliciting use cases.

How can you participate? As an individual, you can read and comment on what's written on this site. If you are willing to commit as a member, you will be able to create new content on this site, and will be able to start contributing use cases immediately and code when the time comes. we need:

• Money to fund developers, graduate students, equipment, and travel at GU and other institutions.
• Dedicated time from any party interested in creating use cases, developing, alpha or beta testing, and commitments to installations of final code.

Contact Arnie Miles from the Contact page to become a member, or just enroll for a log-on to start commenting on our ideas.

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