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To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (10060)	6/5/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 64865

Ben and all, largest potential JavaStations sale for SUNW: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 JUN 4 (NB) -- By Jacqueline Emigh, Newsbytes. In a deal positioned as the largest potential sale yet for Sun Microsystems' [NASDAQ:SUNW] JavaStations, Sun has signed travel industry giant The Sabre Group to resell the NC (network computer), plus a future Java- enabled edition of Sabre's Qik-Access reservations system, among Sabre's installed base of more than 40 airlines and 75,000 travel agents. Sun is initially targeting its new JavaStations at travel, kiosk, and retail POS (point-of-sale) applications, a Sun spokesperson told Newsbytes. Prior to this week's deal with Sabre, the biggest single sale of Sun's JavaStations was the purchase of 900 units by Australia's Roads and Traffic Authority, the spokesperson added. The Qik-Access reservations system is used by airline reservationists and independent travel agents alike, according to the Sabre rep. Currently, the software used in the reservations system runs on a Sabre-operated mainframe, along with multivendor servers and client desktop systems. Purchase of Sun's JavaStations and the forthcoming Java-enabled edition of Qik-Access will be optional for Sabre's customers, another Sabre spokesperson said. However, the substitution of JavaStations for PCs, for example, can lower cost of ownership (LCO), and the new "100% pure Java" version of Qik-Access will simplify deployment of the travel reservations system across platforms, Newsbytes was told. As The Sabre Group sees it, Java's "write once, deploy anywhere' characteristics will eliminate the need to write multiple versions of Qik-Access for various server platforms, while allowing end users to replace dedicated desktop software with a World Wide Web browser for accessing the system. The new edition of Qik-Access, being jointly written by Sun and Sabre, will be based on Sun's Netra j server software, and will roll out over the next three years. The Sun spokesperson noted that implementation of Sun's Java is already under way at retail stores, as well. At Home Depot, for example, retail salespeople are accessing Java- based applications on handheld devices from Telxon, Newsbytes was told. The deal between Sun and The Sabre Group was announced at Sabre's user group meeting this week in Germany. Sun Microsystems is located at sun.com on the Web. The Sabre Group is located at sabre.com. Sabre also operates Travelocity, a public Web site for do-it-yourself travel reservations, at travelocity.com . Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com .