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To: briank who wrote (34655)	8/24/2000 9:51:42 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear brian: You beat me to it! I was just about to post the same thing. Boy oh boy, is SUNW on a roll. This makes the 11th new high in August. Regards, Lynn

To: briank who wrote (34655)	8/24/2000 10:21:13 AM
From: briank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Sun Celebrates Opening of New Santa Clara Campus Sun Provides a Unique Model of Community and Company Creating an Environment To Benefit Sun and the City of Santa Clara PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug 23, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the opening of its newest campus in Santa Clara. The campus will serve as the worldwide headquarters, offering employees the latest in innovative technology and amenities, while essentially becoming the center of Sun's world for meeting and exchanging ideas. Sun will be celebrating the opening of its campus today with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by state dignitaries, community organization leaders and Sun executives, gathered to honor the past and celebrate the future in Santa Clara. Sun's new campus is at the corner of Montague and Lafayette in Santa Clara situated on 82.5 acres of the former Agnews West Developmental Center. As Sun's dramatic growth rate continues, Sun is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley with this one million square foot R&D campus for 3,600 employees. By officially locating Sun's headquarters at the new facility, slated for 2001, Sun will be able to centralize interaction with guests and visitors as well as employees and partners from around the world. "This incredible new campus supports Sun's vision to be an innovative leader in technology and a leader in providing a progressive work environment," said Scott McNealy, Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems. "We take an enormous amount of pride in being able to complete a project of this magnitude. A project that leads the way for collaboration between companies and the communities in which they operate." Sun's new facility combines preservation carefully balanced with innovative technology. The campus was designed around the historic Agnews Park integrating renovated and preserved landmarks with modern technology and equipment. Sun is making some of its facilities open to the community, far surpassing what was previously available. Sun and Santa Clara worked cooperatively to develop this project. Sun worked with the city of Santa Clara and the state of California to develop a campus not only for its employees and its singular corporate needs, but also for the needs of the public and several non-profit agencies previously occupying the site. Through a unique arrangement with the city of Santa Clara, Sun helped add the Agnews Historic Park, a 14-acre public park including four historic buildings, to the city's park system. Sun will fully maintain the park at no cost to the City. "With this new campus, Sun continues to expand its operations with facilities throughout the Silicon Valley and around the world," said Bill Agnello, senior vice president of real estate and the workplace at Sun Microsystems. "This project has allowed us to build strong ties to the local community due to the unique partnership model that Sun has fostered with the city of Santa Clara." In addition to the restoration and environment components of the project, Sun also embarked on supporting community organizations in Santa Clara. Among the organizations associated with the development of the Santa Clara campus that have received funding from Sun include The Martinson Child Development Center, Emergency Housing Consortium, Agnews Developmental Center, Four Cottages, Police Athletic League, Emergency Training Consortium, Hope Rehabilitation Services, Santa Clara Unified School district, and Santa Clara City's Park and Recreations services. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network Is The Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $15.7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com . SOURCE Sun Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Diane Carlini of Sun Microsystems, Inc., 650-786-4500, or diane.carlini@corp.sun.com URL: sun.com prnewswire.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Not only has SUNW become a Technology leader but it has also demonstrated that it can be a good community citizen as well! I have reached a mile stone with my initial SUNW investment of four years ago. Drum role please................... My first Investment of $5200 in SUNW in my IRA some four years ago is now worth over $100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now there's one hell of an argument for LTBH. Those initial shares have accumulated other little SUNW buddies over the years but I still look with great pleasure at my first. As I sit and contemplate my good fortune I am beginning to realize that an early retirement may be in my future. A dream that once was so distant that until recently I considered it to be mere fantasy. Looking back at the choices my wonderful wife and life long companion Kathy and I have made - Single income, stay home MOM for my three children, never bought a new car, do almost every thing ourselves including building four homes - Life has been sort of hard. I now can take great pleasure in knowing the financial security that SUNW has brought to both me and my Family. Thank you Scott McNealy and Thank you Sun Microsystems! -briank