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		XEROX SIGNS $200 MILLION RESELLER CONTRACT
			WITH SUN FOR SPARC COMPUTERS
   
SunFLASH Vol 19 #24					 	July 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --July 25, 1990-- Xerox Corporation has signed a
contract expected to be worth about $200 million over the next several
years for volume purchases of Sun's SPARC(R) computers for resale to
Xerox customers, Sun Microsystems announced today.  Included in the
transaction is the just-introduced SPARCstation(TM) IPC, a low-cost
color RISC workstation.

"We selected Sun's SPARC family because of its open architecture and
ability to support the client/server architecture Xerox has pioneered
and is committed to pursue," said William C. Lowe, Xerox executive vice
president, development and manufacturing.

"This agreement puts the ease of use for which we are known on a
powerful, industry-standard, inexpensive platform for a wider base of
customers," said Wayland R. Hicks, Xerox executive vice president,
marketing and customer operations.

The contract is one result of a technology alliance made in October
1987 between the two companies under which Xerox and Sun agreed to work
together to migrate the Xerox ViewPoint application software and Xerox
Network Services environment to the SPARC architecture, ensuring
compatability of new products with current Xerox systems.

According to Scott G. McNealy, Sun president and CEO, "Since Xerox has
a strong presence in the Fortune 1000, this agreement will further the
success of our SPARC/UNIX(R) systems with commercial customers."

Xerox Integrated Systems Operations, located in McLean, Va., and
Sunnyvale, Calif., will incorporate SPARCstations as part of the
foundation for its suite of application solutions in the integrated
electronic publishing, image management, intelligent information
access, multinational language technology and collaborative systems
support areas.

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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