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	Sun Donates Sun-4 System To European Unix User Group 

SunFLASH Vol 13 #19 					 January 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --January 29, 1990-- Sun Microsystems, Inc., has
donated a SPARC-based Sun-4/280 server to the European UNIX(R) systems
User Group (EUUG) to operate as the international backbone computer for
the European UNIX Network (EUnet).  EUnet is the largest computer
network operating in Europe.

The EUUG is a non-profit organization formed in l976 to exchange
information among members about the UNIX operating system.  It exists
solely to keep UNIX users in touch with one another and with
developments in the UNIX world.

One of the main links of communication for this organization is EUnet,
which is a European electronic mail, news bulletin and archival
network.  It covers 19 countries and serves more than 1,300
organizations.  The Sun-4/280 server has been named "mcsun" and will be
the main international hub with EUnet, with links to other continents.
It processes approximately 165,000 international mail messages a month,
a 50 percent increase over the previous system.

"Sun Microsystems is one of the leading companies for UNIX and network
facilities, which are two very important areas for us," stated Teus
Hagen, chairman of the EUUG.  "Since our new server is also based on
SPARC technology, we have a very advanced platform for the 90s." he
added.

Total throughput of mcsun is more than 3 gigabytes a month.  The
transport of information happens thru public and private X.25 switched
networks, leased lines and the public telephone network.  Some of the
systems on the network connect to computers on other continents; the
main links being to the USENET, ARPAnet/Internet and BITNET networks in
the United States and ACSNET in Australia.

Almost all international news bulletin traffic is handled by mcsun,
which amounts to 90,000 bulletins each month in more than 600 active
subject categories.  The range of subjects is vast, encompassing highly
technical issues from computer science or physics, program
distribution, bug finding and fixing and many other general interest
subjects.  At any given time, 40,000 bulletins are stored on mcsun.
The mail service is accessed by well over 8,000 systems worldwide.

Another function of the mcsun server is that of public domain software
archiving.  Currently, it stores approximately 300 Mbytes of publically
available software, representing 200 different packages.  This library
will increase significantly over the next few years.

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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