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		SUN MICROSYSTEMS ANNOUNCES WINNERS
	    OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPETITION

SunFLASH Vol 16 #16 					 	April 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- April 18, 1990 -- Sun Microsystems today announced
that $25,000 will be donated to environmental groups as a result of its
International Environmental Competition, a contest that encouraged Sun
employees to suggest ways for the company to contribute to a better
environment.  Winning entrants will select nonprofit environmental
groups to receive the prize money in their name.

The winning suggestions range from developing environmental modeling
software to a variety of company recycling and employee education
programs.   Sun's Corporate Affairs Department sponsored the contest in
recognition of Earthday 1990 and to solicit environmentally sound
business practices "from the bottom up" for the company to initiate.

The six winning suggestions include the development of an environmental
computer-aided design (CAD) modeling and simulation system that will
aid city planners and others in finding solutions to environmental
problems; a program to eliminate the use of polystyrene plastic cups in
all Sun coffee break rooms at a cost savings to the company; several
programs to institute recycling activities in both Sun's manufacturing
and general office processes; and programs to continually educate
employees and management on the benefits of recycling and good
corporate ecology.  Prize money ranges from $3,000 to $7,000; winners
have 30 days to identify nonprofit recipients for the awards.

Winners in the competition are from Sun sites worldwide, and include:
Thomas Webber (Billerica, Mass); Edie Bazjanac (Alameda, Calif);
Jennifer Arbanas, Elliott Brown, Jayna Pike, Robert Mori, Peter van der
Linden and Gail Chappell (Mountain View, Calif); and Christoph Reisbeck
(Munich, West Germany).

Winning entries will be submitted to review committees to study and
plan implementation.  Winning entrants will be recognized in a special
ceremony at Sun.

Independent of the competition, Sun has already initiated several
environmentally significant programs.  Its Investment Recovery
Department processes obsolete, surplus and scrap equipment and
material, either transfering items internally, selling items
externally, or physically recycling scrap for a total cost savings to
the company.  As an example, the department is finalizing plans to
recycle corrugated paper at a six-digit cost savings per year to the
company.

In response to the increased traffic and pollution levels in the San
Francisco Bay Area, Sun is instituting a Traffic Demand Management
Program that will increase the level of shared commuting alternatives
to a single-occupant car.  Company-sponsored shuttles between its sites
in the San Francisco Bay Area and from these sites to area mass transit
are the first steps in the program that will ease congestion, reduce
pollution and serve employees.

"Being environmentally responsible is good business.  While the
solutions are not always easy nor evident, Sun will strive to
contribute positively to the environment in its daily practices," said
Crawford Beveridge, Sun vice president of corporate resources.

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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Kim Miller       415/336-7583

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Mark Vermilion   415/336-7497
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