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             VENTURA SOFTWARE INC. TO DEVELOP VENTURA PUBLISHER
          OPEN LOOK EDITION FOR SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. WORKSTATIONS
   
SunFLASH Vol 19 #16					 	July 1990 
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The following announcement was made July 17, by Ventura Software.

                      Sun to Be First UNIX Platform for 
                     Popular Desktop Publishing Package

SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 17, 1990 -- Ventura Software Inc., a Xerox
company, today announced the signing of an agreement with Sun
Microsystems, Inc., to produce Ventura Publisher for Sun's UNIX
workstation environment.  The new version will take full advantage of
Sun's workgroup computing with the OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user
interface while retaining all the features that have made Ventura the
desktop publishing standard for personal computers.  Sun is the first
workstation vendor with whom such an agreement has been made.

"Sun users will benefit tremendously by having Ventura Publisher
available with the easy-to-use OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user interface,"
said Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun.  "Ventura Publisher is a
key desktop application for Sun and important in Sun's drive into
commercial markets."

In addition to the new product for the UNIX-workstation environment,
Ventura Publisher 3.0 is available for other popular desktop platforms.
All of the user platforms will offer the same basic Ventura Publisher
features and will have specific capabilities customized to take advantage
of the environments in which they operate.

"Today's announcement with Sun Microsystems is another example of our
continuing commitment to extend the capabilities of the leading desktop
publishing product to the largest number of desktops possible," said
Larry Gerhard, president and CEO of Ventura Software Inc.  "Because Sun
is such an innovative and influential player in the workstation arena,
we believe this relationship is representative of the kind of alliances
Ventura Software will continue to make to benefit our customers."

Ventura Publisher OPEN LOOK(TM) Edition is scheduled for release in the
second half of 1991.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading supplier of professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating systems and productivity software.

Ventura Software Inc., a Xerox company (formerly Xerox Desktop
Software), is a leading supplier of publishing, forms processing and
database management software solutions which are currently available for
IBM PCs and compatibles.  The company markets its software solutions
through a worldwide dealership network of more than 4,000 outlets.
Ventura Software Inc., has its headquarters in San Diego, Calif.

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Ventura Press Contact:  
                  Ron Kuhl, Ventura Software Inc., (619) 673-0172
                         or
                  Judy Tabarini, Hill and Knowlton, Inc., (408) 496-6511

Sun Press Contact:
                  Nancy Groves, Sun Microsystems, Inc., (415) 336-6411

OPEN LOOK is a trademark of AT&T.  UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.

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