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            SUN MICROSYSTEMS SPARC/UNIX WORKSTATIONS
          NAMED STANDARD FOR ALL GE AEROSPACE DIVISIONS
   
SunFLASH Vol 20 #16					 	August 1990 
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Potential of $100 Million in Revenues Seen By Sun From Multi-Year Contract
 
 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--August 13, 1990-- Sun Microsystems
SPARC(R)-based computer workstations and servers have been selected as
the standard product for all GE Aerospace divisions.  Sun was chosen
after a competitive selection process that was part of GE Aerospace's
ASSIST (Aerospace Support for Systems, Integration, Software and Test)
program.  The major goal of ASSIST is to develop standard hardware and
software systems for engineering use throughout GE Aerospace
divisions.

Workstation vendors were evaluated on technical qualifications and on
the basis of long-term commitment to act as a strategic partner to GE
Aerospace.  As sole supplier of engineering workstations to the
aerospace giant, Sun expects the relationship to yield as much as $100
million in revenue over the multi-year span of the contract.

GE Aerospace is one of the 13 business units that are part of General
Electric Company.  In May, this parent company selected Sun as the
strategic supplier of UNIX(R)-based workstations and servers for its
business units, which also include such organizations as NBC, Kidder
Peabody, GE Medical Systems and GE Aircraft Engines.

All products are based on the SPARC/RISC architecture and the UNIX
operating system.  In addition to workstations and servers, Sun will
provide networking products, graphics enhancements and, through Sun's
third-party partners, software engineering tools for ECAD, MCAD,
systems engineering and CASE users.

This new GE Aerospace standard system and software development platform
is based on a distributed client/server model of computing.  Technical
requirements included scalable workstations, international design
standards, standard graphical interfaces and the ability to share
information easily with peers, regardless of the physical location or
computer they use.

"We view Sun as a strong partner in our Engineering Process Improvement
(EPI) program," said Charles Wise, GE program manager for ASSIST.
"This equipment will help make our individual engineers more
productive."

The systems will be used for all electronic and mechanical design
automation and software engineering applications within the GE
Aerospace divisions.

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.

GE Aerospace, is a world leader in the design, development, management
and integration of advanced electronic systems and equipment for
defense, space and aviation.

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