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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

   Sun News: Grants, SunSelect and Sitka, SunPro & SunConnect Expand

SunFLASH Vol 48 #9                           December 1992
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This article consists of 4 Sun press releases:

         Sun Microsystems Foundation Makes New Community Grants

                      SunSelect and Sitka Combined

             SunPro Expands Worldwide Distribution Network

                           SunConnect Expands
-johnj
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Subject: Sun Microsystems Foundation Makes New Community Grants
Contact: Lisa Ganier at [phone].


     Nonprofit Groups Receive $259,395 for Community Development

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- December 14, 1992 -- The Sun Microsystems
Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization, announced today
that it has awarded $259,395 in community development grants to
organizations in the San Francisco and Boston areas, the two regions in
which Sun Microsystems has its largest operations. Many of the new
grants will support programs in education and job training and
development.

Today's awards bring contributions from both Sun and the foundation to
more than $2.8 million since the grants program was established in
April 1990. In keeping with Sun's entrepreneurial history, the
foundation's grants focus on four specific community development
areas:  education, job training, leadership development and business
enterprise.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, where Sun's headquarters are located,
the foundation has donated $174,395 to six community organizations.
The recipients are:

* Association for Retarded Citizens ($12,500), Hayward, Calif., for
funds to hire a job developer for the Right Track Employment Program,
which places adults with developmental disabilities in full-time
positions;

* Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula ($12,000), Menlo Park, Calif.,
to fund The Key Council, a leadership development program for
seventh-to-twelfth graders in low-income areas of East Palo Alto, Menlo
Park and Redwood City;

* Catholic Charities ($41,803), Oakland, Calif., for funding to
continue and expand an electronic assembly training program that serves
low-income refugees and immigrants living in Fremont, Calif.;

* The East Palo Alto Youth Development Center ($50,000), East Palo
Alto, Calif., to fund the salaries of two Hispanic mentor advocates,
who work to help high school students stay in and finish school;

* Opportunities Industrialization Center West ($49,097), East Palo
Alto, Calif., for the Industry-Specific Internship Program, which
places participants in paid internships after they have completed one
of several job training programs;

* Santa Clara University ($8,995), Santa Clara, Calif., for the
Academic Enrichment Seminars, a series designed to encourage minority
youth and women to pursue college studies in sciences and engineering.

In the greater Merrimack Valley north of Boston, Massachusetts, the
foundation awarded $85,250 to five organizations:

* American Training ($15,000), Lawrence, Mass., for the
Comprehensive Offender Employment Resource System, which helps
ex-offenders find meaningful, above-minimum-wage employment prospects;

* Brandeis University Center for Corporate and Education Initiatives,
in partnership with Community Action, Inc. ($10,000), Haverhill, Mass.,
to expand Career Beginnings, a program that helps pregnant and parenting
teens to stay in school;

* Family Service Association of Greater Lawrence ($15,000),
Lawrence, Mass., for a primary prevention program aimed at developing
self-esteem, decision-making and leadership skills among seventh and
eighth graders who will in turn implement similar activities with
middle school children;

* Lawrence Youth Commission ($20,000), Lawrence, Mass., for funds to
continue and expand the Adult Leadership Development Program, which
trains adults from multicultural backgrounds to serve on the boards of
community organizations;

* Middlesex Community College ($25,250), Lawrence, Mass., for the
Lowell-Middlesex Academy, a high school re-entry partnership with
Lowell Public Schools for 16-to-22-year-olds who have not graduated
from high school.

Organizations interested in receiving grants from the foundation submit
proposals that are screened by a team of Sun employees. This team
includes both management and non-management staff. Recommendations for
funding are then submitted to the foundation for consideration.
Currently, the foundation awards grants primarily to organizations in
the areas where Sun has its major facilities -- the south San Francisco
Bay Area and the Merrimack Valley north of Boston.

The Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc., was formed in December 1990 by
Sun Microsystems as a vehicle to share the company's success with --
and support the economic development of -- the communities where Sun
employees live and work worldwide.
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Subject: SunSelect and Sitka Combined
Date:    December 15, 1992.
Contact: Beth Byer, SunSelect at [phone], or
     Kathryn Lang, HiTech Communications at [phone], or
     Rick Brown, Sitka at [phone], or
     Richard Vanhoesen, Sun Investor Relations at [phone].

    SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. COMBINES SUNSELECT AND SITKA CORPORATION

Combined Business Unit Integrates Complementary PC Networking Product Lines;
Operates Under SunSelect Name


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--December 15, 1992--Sun Microsystems, Inc. today
announced that it intends to compete more aggressively in the PC
networking market by combining the operations of two of its businesses:
SunSelect and Sitka Corporation. The combined business unit integrates
SunSelect's open, client-server networking and emulation product
families with peer-to-peer and mobile networking product lines from
Sitka.

"Peer-to-peer, client-server, and mobile networking are among the
fastest-growing PC networking segments today," said Scott McNealy,
chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"Combining the two business units makes SunSelect extremely competitive
against leading PC networking vendors in all three areas."

The worldwide operations of the combined business will be headquartered
in Chelmsford, Mass., with additional offices in Alameda, Calif.,
Bagshot, U.K.,and Tokyo, Japan. The integrated enterprise will carry
the SunSelect name and will be directed by Carl S. Ledbetter, vice
president of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and general manager of SunSelect.
Sitka products will continue to be sold and supported through existing
Sitka channels. The integrated SunSelect is committed to the
established strategic business relationships of both companies and will
continue the level of service and support that customers have come to
expect. The transition is scheduled take effect on December 28, 1992.

"By combining the two business units, Sun now offers customers a
broader range of solutions for their PC networking needs --all from a
single source," said Ledbetter. "Today's announcement also means that
SunSelect now offers customers the combined service and support
capabilities of two strongly service-oriented businesses."

"This is an exciting development since both companies are committed to
providing open, cross-platform solutions," said Deborah Triant,
president and CEO of Sitka Corporation. "Together, we can offer users a
powerful way to maximize resources regardless of platform or operating
environment."

The Combined Product Family

The Sitka product line provides cross-platform peer-to-peer networking,
and connectivity products for mobile and pen-based computer users. The
Sitka products, SitkaTOPS(tm), PenTOPS(tm), PenCentral(tm), and Sitka
10NET(R), make it easy for computer users on different computer
platforms to share resources with other systems on a network. The
combined SitkaTOPS and 10NET installed baseexceeds one million nodes.


SunSelect's products complement the Sitka line by adding powerful
alternatives for integrating PCs into open network environments.  With
one million installed nodes, SunSelect's PC-NFS(R) software is now the
industry's most widely used PC-to-enterprise networking solution.
SunSelect also markets NetWare(R) SunLink(R) software, which integrates
the most popular LAN with the industry's leading workstations, and
SunPC(tm) software and hardware acceleration products for running
MS-DOS(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) applications on SPARC(R)
workstations.
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Subject: SunPro Expands Worldwide Distribution Network

        Better access to industry leading software development
              tools for the Solaris« operating environment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-November 30, 1992-SunPro, the software development
business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced it has expanded its
worldwide network of distributors who market the business's leading family
of professional software development products. SunPro has signed five new
U.S. distributors, including Access Graphics, ComputerLand, Axil
Workstations. Solbourne Computer, and VCnet/U.S as well as eight European
distributors, predominantly in France, Germany Sweden, the Netherlands,
and the United Kingdom. These new channels augment SunPro's existing
agreements with SunExpress and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
(SMCC) which will continue to carry SunPro's products worldwide.

SunPro provides a complete line of software development products for the
Solaris« operating environment. The products, to date primarily sold by
the SMCC direct sales force for use on Sun's SPARC«-based workstations
and servers, are now also available for non-Sun SPARC-compatible systems,
as well as Solaris for x86-based personal computers. SunPro is expanding
its distribution to better serve the professional developer community
worldwide in these emerging markets.

"These new partnerships reflect the robust growth of the UNIX« development
market worldwide," said Roger Fisher, SunPro's director of worldwide sales.
"As the world's leading provider of professional developer tools for UNIX,
SunPro wants to ensure that its products reach the widest possible audience.
With these agreements, SunPro is now providing a choice of sources for
sales and support for our customers in Europe and here in the U.S."

SunPro Distributors

SunPro's U.S. distribution network includes the following resellers:

o Access Graphics (Boulder, Colo.)--A national distributor specializing
  in UNIX systems, Access Graphics is a primary distributor for VARs
  authorized by Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC).

o ComputerLand (Pleasanton, Calif.)--One of the world's largest master
  distributors, with an extensive network of resellers.

o Axil Workstations (San Jose, Calif.)--A leader in the SPARC market,
  Axil designs, manufactures and distributes U.S.-made SPARC-compatible
  workstations.

o Solbourne Computer, Inc. (Longmont, Colo.)--The company that pioneered
  the SPARC-compatible industry, Solbourne designs, markets and services
  SPARC-compliant symmetric multiprocessing server systems.

o SunExpress (Lincoln, Mass.)--The Sun Microsystems business that
  provides easy ordering and fast delivery of products for the SPARC/
  Solaris computing environment in the U.S. and Europe.

o Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (Mountain View, Calif.)--The Sun
  Microsystems subsidiary that markets workstations and server systems
  worldwide.

SunPro's European distribution network includes, in France: Summer Systems,
StationSoft, and S.C.S.; in Germany: Astro Datensysteme GmBH and Ractech
GmBH; Integrated Solutions Ltd. (U.K.), Triple P Computer Systems BV
(The Netherlands), and Esselte Datasoft (Sweden).


SunPro Products

All distributors now carry the complete line of SunPro SPARC products:
the SPARCworks(TM) Professional development environment, which includes:
SPARCworks tools and SPARCompilers for C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal and Ada
and the newly announced SPARCworks(TM)/TeamWare code management tools.
Most are also expected to carry ProWorks(TM)/Teamware code management
tools, ProCompilers and ProWorks(TM) tools for Solaris for X86 when
these products begin shipping in volume in 1993.

About SunPro

SunPro, established in July 1991 as a business of Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
is dedicated to serving the needs of professional software developers.
With headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., SunPro is the worldwide volume
leader in professional software development products for the SPARC and x86
architectures running the Solaris operating environment.

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Subject: SunConnect Expands
Date:     December 7, 1992.
Contact: Erica Vener [phone]


        SunConnect to Expand Operations Worldwide
         New Headquarters in Grenoble, France

Mountain View, Calif. -- December 7, 1992 -- SunConnect (TM), a Sun
Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced that it will expand its
operations worldwide and establish new headquarters in Grenoble,
France.  The expansion is a key component of SunConnect's strategy to
develop and market products for building and managing global networks. The
business will strengthen product development, sales and marketing
functions in Europe, while maintaining its strong presence in
California.

"We're investing in SunConnect to create an international networking
business that will draw on worldwide technical expertise -- in Europe
as well as the U.S. and elsewhere -- to serve our broad customer base,"
said Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SunConnect has had a significant presence in Grenoble for over two
years and will benefit from the intercontinental development experience
gained by this group.

The expanded business is headed by Denis Yaro, who will be in Grenoble
by mid-1993 as general manager of SunConnect and vice president of Sun
Microsystems.  Mr. Yaro joined Sun Microsystems in 1989 as manager and
then director of network management.  He led the group responsible for
designing, developing and bringing to market the industry-leading
network management system, SunNet(TM) Manager.

About SunConnect

SunConnect is a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Headquartered
in Grenoble, France, SunConnect develops and markets products that
accelerate the growth, use and management of global networks.
SunConnect's United States headquarters is located in Mountain View,
Calif. For more information about SunConnect products, in the U.S.
please call 1-800-241-CONX.

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