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To: E_K_S who wrote (9994)	5/30/1998 9:37:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

To Thread: Last week's Client-Server News (May 25-29, 1998 Issue Number 251). Reposted from the CPQ thread... (https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=4657746) Portion of article related to Sun: "...By comparison, Sun last week said it was going into the second phase of its beta of a fully 64-bit Solaris running on Sparc. The thing's been out with a restricted group of early access testers since December. Now 1,200 will be involved. Sun wants to make sure everyone knows that it's done things differently than SGI or DEC did and the thing's backward-compatible. That means it will run 32-bit apps because it includes 32-bit as well as 64-bit libraries and the 32-bit apps will benefit from an uptick in performance, it says. Sun figures it'll take the edge off fears harbored by the migration-averse and ease them into full 64-bitness. The stuff's supposed to go GA around October. Sun declined to talk about how its counter-Microsoft Solaris port to Merced is going citing NDAs..." ====================================================================== Some additional events next week that may provide some "positive" action for Tech stocks: 1) ATM YEAR 1998 - San Jose Convention Center June 1-June 5. Sun Microsystems Booth 740. All the industry leaders in Networking will be showing their next generation products. 2) June 1-3 Oppenheimer communications eqipment conference. 3) June 2- June 4: PainWebber's Growth & Technology conference. We may see upgrades before, after or during company presentations. 4) June 3 - Comdex Spring and Windows World conference. Keynote speeches by executives of Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Netscape Communications.