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To: QwikSand who wrote (11462)	10/29/1998 12:57:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

Thanks for your informative note. And, I have been a long-time SUN shareholder. In fact, the article in The New York Times mentioned SUN's growing presence on the internet: Excerpt from The New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1998 "The new Solaris program – Sun's version of the Unix operating system for its Sparc microprocessor and for Intel Corporation-based servers, has gained an increasing share of Unix business in the last year, largely based on the growth of the internet server and enterprise computing market." I will try to keep in mind your comments: "The enterprise server is the core of Sun's future business. Sun will remain a player inthe "desktop" as it is known today, but that is not its core business. Sun's vision depends on the fact that the "desktop" as we know it today will be obsolete and quaint within a few years." And I'll try and find the time to read SUN's annual report. I've promised to do it for years!!! :D Thanx!

To: QwikSand who wrote (11462)	11/4/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

Sun Microsystems Receives Award for 'Most Innovative Internet Technology' At ISP Forum in Cannes, France PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of the pioneering role it has played in building the infrastructure of today's Internet, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news), received the award for ''Most Innovative Internet Technology'' at the 1998 ISP Awards held at the ISP Forum Conference, a leading technology conference for Internet Service Providers held last week in Cannes, France. The award highlights Sun's role as the creator of Java(TM) technology, the widely used software platform that enables applications to run across a host of computing platforms and across the Internet and intranets. Sun's reliable, scalable Solaris(TM) technology-based servers -- including the high performance, carrier-grade Netra(TM) t 1125 server that brings the quality and reliability of the telco central office to ISPs' commercial computing environments -- are used by Internet service providers around the world to run Java-technology applications. ''This prestigious award reinforces the reasons why ISPs and IP carriers continue to turn to Sun to leverage key technologies for developing, managing and delivering innovative new services to business and residential communities,'' said Kelvin Rowlette, director of IP Network Services at Sun, who accepted the award. ''Today's service providers are using Java technology to web-enable e-commerce and customer care, integrate their PSTN AIN and IP networks utilizing JAIN (Java Advanced Intelligent Network) and to provide the middleware required to dynamically bill for and manage these new services.'' The ISP award came on the same day that Sun announced its Solaris 7 product line, led by an enhanced 64-bit version of its Solaris operating environment, providing higher performance but complete compatibility with the previous 32-bit version of the Solaris operating environment. Also new is the Solaris ISP Server, a modular system extension of the base Solaris 7 operating environment with special capabilities for Internet service providers. Sun's award came in response to the question, ''Which company has developed the most exciting and innovative technology to progress the competitiveness and revenue growth of Internet service providers?'' The Oct. 27 ISP Awards Ceremony was sponsored by Communications Week International, Total Telecom and Newbridge Networks. Winners in three categories were selected from votes cast over the Web before the show and by delegates at the ISP Forum in Cannes. Other winners were UUNet for ''Best Contribution to the ISP Industry'' and Dixons Group for ''Most Innovative Service Provider.'' Dear QwikSand! You were right-on when you told me that SUNW has more than workstations going for it!!! Thanks for your post!