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			MARKET SHARE UPDATES

SunFLASH Vol 13 #13 					 January 1990 
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Below are preliminary IDC and Dataquest 1989 market share updates.  I will
forward copies of the referenced press releases when available.

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According to an article on workstations (Jan. 9th) in USA Today, IDC 
has estimated that Sun is the workstation leader for l989 based on 
unit shipments.

Dataquest has also listed Sun as the #1 workstation vendor 
in revenue for l989. (numbers attached)  Dataquest will
send out a press release on this within the next 2 weeks.

Information from the IDC chart:

An estimated 300,000 computer workstations were shipped in l989, generating 
about $7 billion in revenue. (US based vendors shipping worldwide)

		Sun 		32%         
		DEC 		23%        
		HP/Apollo 	19%   
		IBM 		 1%
		Others 		25%

DATAQUEST NUMBERS 

Estimated l989 Worldwide Revenue and Market Share of Dominant
Workstation Vendors (US based workstation vendors)

 Vendors       Revenue    Market Share   1988-1989 Growth

  Sun          $1,735         28.7%            48.9%
HP/Apollo       1,595         26.4             27.0%
  DEC             960         15.9             26.5%
Integraph         365          6.0             23.7%
Silicon Graphics  315          5.2             75.0%
Others          1,081          17.8            63.8%


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