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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

   AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHOOSES SUN WORKSTATIONS
   
SunFLASH Vol 24 #5					       December 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --December 5, 1990-- Sun Microsystems Federal,
Inc., will supply powerful SPARC(R)-based workstations to the Air Force
Institute of Technology (AFIT) through a contract estimated to reach
$7.4 million during the next two years.  AFIT, located at Wright
Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is an educational institution for Air
Force students at the graduate level.  Sun workstations will support
Air Force education and research conducted by faculty and students.

Under terms of the contract, Sun will include its standard UNIX(R)
operating system, SunOS(TM) and the OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user
interface with the SPARC systems to be purchased by AFIT.  These
systems include Sun's SPARCstation(TM) desktop computers and
SPARCservers(TM).  Sun will also install and support its NFS(R)
distributed computing file system and other ONC(TM) products.
Additionally, C and FORTRAN compilers will be shipped.

The combination of Sun's networking, along with its software and
hardware platforms will enable AFIT to move to a "workgroup computing"
model in which networks of people share resources using "clients" --
powerful desktop workstations -- linked to "servers" that manipulate
information.  AFIT will utilize Sun workstations for document
preparation, C and FORTRAN programming, and when combined with
third-party engineering packages, for statistical analysis and fluid
dynamics engineering.

"By moving to powerful networked workstations on the desktop, AFIT's
users will free themselves from the input and wait cycle of their
current centralized processor solution," said Larry Hambly, president
of Sun Microsystems Federal.  "AFITs selection of Sun exemplifies the
government's continuing move to open systems and distributed
computing.  AFIT's use of networked Sun workstations will greatly
facilitate its ability to provide the Air Force with sophisticated
training and research tools."

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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SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products
bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun
Microsystems, Inc.  SPARCstation and SPARCserver are trademarks of
SPARC International, Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems.
NFS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  ONC and SunOS
are trademarks of Sun Microsystems.  OPEN LOOK and UNIX are registered
trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. Other products or services
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marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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