What is "javabin"

javaBin, a Norwegian Java User Group, is an independent, non-profit organisation. Its object is to promote Java expertise among its members, their companies and in the market. javaBin has its central governing group in Oslo, Norway, and have regional groups in Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger and Trondheim.

As of May 2011, javaBin has more than 2,000 members representing a wide range of Norwegian companies.

The Java User Group in Norway was first set up in the summer of 1996 . It faded out shortly afterwards, until a number of prime movers took the initiative to hold a founders' meeting on 23 April 1998.