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		SUN MICROSYSTEMS TO OPEN R&D CENTER IN FRANCE

SunFLASH Vol 11 #5					 November 1989 
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PARIS, France --November 13,1989-- Sun Microsystems announced today at
a press conference in Paris that it will establish the company's first
European research and development center, to be called the
International Center for Network Computing. Located near Paris, the new
R&D center will pioneer innovative networking and communications
products that will be part of Sun's networking product family, SunNet
M .  The new products will be designed for worldwide markets.

The center will focus on development work in areas such as
high-performance OSI products, OSI network management facilities and
programmer aids for international network computing.  The center staff
will also extend Sun's representation in various European standards
organizations.

"The decision to locate Sun's first European R&D facility in France was
in part based upon the strong OSI networking talent located there,"
stated Darryl Barbe, vice president/general manager of Sun's European
Operations group.

Sun is a multi-national company with 45 percent of its revenues derived
from the international marketplace.  Because of this strong
international presence, Sun is continuing to invest in manufacturing
and R&D centers around the world.  "This also enables us to tap into
the rich talent pool of people around the world," said Barbe.

Besides the planned development center in France, Sun also has an R&D
center in Montreal, Canada, that specializes in telecommunications
software.  In addition, Sun has broken ground on a manfacturing
facility in Linlithgow, Scotland.

Currently, there is a search underway to locate a center director, who
will report to Larry Garlick, vice president of distributed systems at
company headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.  The location of the
center will initially be at the Sun France offices in La Boursidiere,
outside of Paris.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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SunNet is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  UNIX is a registered
trademark of AT&T.  All other products and services mentioned in this
document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their
respective companies or organizations.

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