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  CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PUTS SUN MICROSYSTEMS ON APPROVED VENDOR LIST

SunFLASH Vol 14 #7 					 February 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,--January 31, 1990-- Sun Microsystems of Canada
Inc. announced today it was granted permanent "rationalized" status by
Industry Science and Technology Canada and the Ministry of Supply and
Service.  As a result, Sun will automatically be placed on a preferred
vendor list as a "category one supplier" to the Canadian government on
every workstation request for purchase.  Sun Microsystems of Canada is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in
Mountain View, Calif.

Under the terms for rationalization, Sun will be aggressively expanding
its software development center in Montreal, which specializes in
communications software.  Sun will also begin planning for a Canadian
facility, to be operational by the mid-90's, which will be a key
supplier of products to the company.  In addition, Sun has agreed to
expand its procurement effort in Canada, by which products manufactured
in Canada are exported to Sun in the United States, and incorporated as
part of Sun systems sold worldwide.

Sun Canada President Everett Anstey said, "Since the formation of Sun
Canada in l985, Sun Microsystems has continued to make major
commitments in Canada in the areas of employment and R&D investment.
This announcement is further evidence of our ongoing efforts to be a
good corporte citizen in Canada."

Anstey continued, "The key to Sun success has been the promotion and
adoption of open system and standards within the computer community.
By using the UNIX(R) operating system, open systems architecture and
industry standards, Sun has evolved as the leading workstation vendor
worldwide and the standard platform for many application developers in
Canada."

Sun Canada has agreed to assist Canadian software vendors in expanding
software application sales within Canada and to other countries through
marketing support programs that are part of Sun's worldwide Catalyst
program.  Sun Canada currently has 250 Canadian software and add-on
hardware vendors listed in its program.

Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. is headquartered in Markham, Ontario,
with additional offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary,
Edmonton and Vancouver.

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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