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To: tiquer who wrote (9145)	4/17/1998 2:23:00 AM
From: Homer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

especially big news for Sun, as many of these customers have not purchased Sun servers before Dow Jones News April 16, 1998 - Low-End Workstations Strong In 3Q The company also said it saw strong sales of its new low-end Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 workstations, its workgroup servers that compete against Windows NT products and its high-end servers, such as the 6000 and 10000 models. Shipments of the high-end Starfire also rose. In after-market trading, Sun shares rose to 41 11/16 from a close of 40 3/4. . WJS April 16, 1998 Web Servers The market for servers to host Web applications or provide access to the Internet is booming. As a result, the battle is on to sell those servers to U.S. businesses. Sun and Compaq have emerged as the early leaders in this space. This is especially big news for Sun, as many of these customers have not purchased Sun servers before. Share of installed Web servers in U.S. business ................. Mar. '98... Aug. '97 Compaq.... 24%.... 22% Sun............. 23........ 26 HP.............. 10 ....... 8 IBM ........... 9........ 11 Dell .......... 8......... 8 Digital....... 8......... 8 Source: ZD Market Intelligence (www.infobeads.com)