<What support do you have for the statement that Sun is closer to Lotus than to Corel for its Java needs?>
Orlando, Fla., Jan. 27, 1997 -- In response to growing customer demand,
Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Lotus Development Corporation today announced
several joint initiatives further building on the companies' commitment
to providing the most complete Internet/intranet solutions for the
enterprise. The two companies are expanding their efforts to provide
tighter integration between the Lotus DominoTM 4.5 server and the Sun
SolarisTM operating environment, to pursue joint JavaTM applet and
application development, to develop more Lotus products for SPARCTM and
Intel Platform Editions, and to create a new channel program.
At Lotusphere, Sun will be demonstrating in booth A79-84 the following
Lotus products for Solaris SPARC and Intel Editions: Domino 4.5 server,
NotesTM 4.5 client, cc:MailTM messaging system, NotesPumpTM data
distribution server, SMTP Message Transfer Agent (MTA), plus Java APIs
and connectivity tools.
"Lotus and Sun share a common vision of interoperable and scalable
solutions for the enterprise and Internet/intranet," said Eileen Rudden,
senior VP, Communications Product Development, Lotus Development Corp.
"The current joint activities we are undertaking are exciting and will
continue to result in even more tightly integrated and scalable
solutions for our joint enterprise customers and business partners."
According to Mark Tolliver, vice president of Market Development at Sun
Microsystems, Inc., "Sun is enthusiastic about its relationship with
Lotus because the company sees a real need for solutions that are
scalable in the area of enterprise Internet/ intranet computing. We are
particularly pleased with the level of support from Lotus in their Java
development efforts and the work that is being done to support
customers."
Expanded Java Development
Lotus and Sun continue to work together on a large and rapidly growing
list of Java based application initiatives. To date, these include a
prototype of a Java-based client for Lotus cc:Mail messaging system,
shown at Sun's October 29, 1996 JavaStationTM launch in New York, NY; a
set of business productivity applets developed in Java, being previewed
at Lotusphere '97; integration of Java into the Notes 4.5 client and
Domino 4.5 server, and more. Other announcements are planned for the
future. |
