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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

         SUN MICROSYSTEMS REPORTS RECORD THIRD QUARTER REVENUES

SunFLASH Vol 52 #24					          April 1993
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Industry Analyst contact: Tom Henkel (508) 442-0076


MOUNTAIN VIEW, California -- April 20, 1993 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
(NASDAQ:SUNW) today reported record revenues of $1.141 billion, up 20%
from the $952 million reported for the corresponding period of fiscal
1992. Net income for the third quarter was $51.7 million, or $0.47 per
share, compared to $61.4 million, or $0.60 per share, for the same
period a year ago. The company's computer systems subsidiary, Sun
Microsystems Computer Corporation, shipped more than 90,000 SPARC
processors during the quarter, 57,000 of which were systems, and the
balance of which were upgrades and multiprocessors. SunSoft, Inc., the
company's system software subsidiary, distributed 136,000 Solaris(R)
and UNIX(R) licenses, 116,000 of which were Solaris 2.

For the first nine months of fiscal 1993, Sun recorded revenues of
$3.048 billion, up 17% from the same period a year earlier. Net income
for the nine-month period was $80.6 million, or $0.77 per share,
compared to $135.6 million, or $1.34 per share, reported in the
corresponding period a year ago.

Kevin C. Melia, Sun's chief financial officer, said, "We achieved
volume shipments of the SPARCstation(TM) 10 Model 41 systems, and
continued to establish the SPARCstation 10 as the most successful new
product family in Sun's history. Through the third quarter, we have
shipped nearly 45,000 SPARCstation 10's.  In addition, we shipped more
than 13,000 of our low-cost MicroSPARC-based desktop workstations, and
we made our initial shipments of the new SPARCcenter 2000 enterprise
server products.  Also, SunSoft distributed more than 116,000 Solaris 2
licenses in the quarter, bringing the total Solaris 2 licenses
distributed to nearly a quarter million since shipments began in
December.

"Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin
declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in
operating expenses. The gross margin percentage declined from the
prior-year quarter due to a heavier mix of upgrade shipments, as well
as increased shipments of non-systems components such as memory and
storage. We also experienced weakness in several European countries.
However, our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending
enabled us to increase revenue per employee above $300,000 for the
first time, and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of
revenues."

Melia concluded, "We have solid cost and asset management, and will
continue to emphasize keeping the business lean, focused and
financially strong. Tomorrow we are introducing a suite of exciting new
products. Included in the announcement will be new high-end desktop
systems for volume delivery in June, as well as attractive new pricing
for the entire SPARCstation 10 product line."

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Sun Microsystems, Inc., is an integrated portfolio of businesses that
supply distributed computing technologies, products and services. Its
innovative open client-server computing solutions include networked
workstations and multiprocessing servers, operating system software,
silicon designs and other value-added technologies. According to
analysts, the company's products command the largest share of one of
the computer industry's fastest growing market segments: workstations
and servers. Founded in 1982, Sun is a Fortune 150 company
headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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