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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (37286)	11/1/2000 3:30:11 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 64865

Dear Tazio: I guess yesterday was the treat and today the trick!! At least we got into the museum. JDN Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray(TM) Appliances to Be Featured in National BuildingMuseum Exhibition WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that its Sun Ray(TM) appliance's Hot Desk technology and the innovative model of computing it represents, has been selected to help illustrate the future of the office workplace in a major new exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibition, On the Job: Design and the American Office, will follow the progression of the office work environment from the 19th Century through the dawn of the network computing age -- which will be represented in part by Sun's Sun Ray appliance and smart card technology. On the Job will open to the public on November 18, 2000, and will run through August 19, 2001. The Sun Ray appliances are stateless devices that consolidate resources such as the operating system and control of the graphical user interface on the server. With its book-sized frame and Hot Desk technology, the Sun Ray appliance functions like a telephone -- easy-to-use, affordable and reliable -- and works the instant it's plugged in. The Sun Ray appliance requires no upgrades, offers instant access to the Internet and office desktop applications, and unlike a PC, does not tie the user to a fixed location. While touring the galleries, National Building Museum patrons will actually become participants in the exhibit by creating personal profiles which will be programmed on Sun's credit card-sized smart cards. These smart cards can then be used in any of the 20 Sun Ray appliances located at various points in the exhibition, thereby allowing visitors to experience the mobility of moving their sessions from desktop to desktop without logging off. "Sun's vision has always been to deliver computing services anytime, anywhere on any device, and the Sun Ray appliance is the tool that allows us to bring the desktop to the Net," said Robbie Turner, Vice President, Client and Technical Market Products, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The Sun Ray appliance is already in use in a number of schools and businesses world-wide because it has proven to be a simple, effective and reliable device. The National Building Museum exhibition is an ideal platform for Sun to showcase this innovative technology that represents freedom from the personal computer." In addition to the 20 Sun Ray appliances to be placed in the galleries, Sun Microsystems has contributed an Ultra(TM) 60 system, 1,000 smart cards, and substantial technical support to the National Building Museum to support the exhibition.