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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                    SunSoft Licenses LEL from Lotus

SunFLASH Vol 65 #89					            May 1994
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            The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988
         John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com
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65.89 	SunSoft Licenses LEL from Lotus

	SunSoft, Inc. announced that it has licensed the LEL (Link,
	Embed and Launch-to-edit) software from Lotus Development
	Corp.  SunSoft will evaluate LEL for future development efforts
	with respect to Project DOE (Distributed Object Environment)
	technology.  Lotus' LEL technology provides object linking and
	embedding functionality for UNIX applications, similar to the
	Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 1.0 technology from
	Microsoft Corporation.

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	SUNSOFT LICENSES LEL FROM LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- May 31, 1994 -- SunSoft, Inc., today
announced that it has licensed the LEL(tm) (Link, Embed and
Launch-to-edit(tm)) software from Lotus Development Corp.  SunSoft will
evaluate LEL for future development efforts with respect to Project DOE
(Distributed Object Environment) technology.  Lotus' LEL technology
provides object linking and embedding functionality for UNIX(r)
applications, similar to the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 1.0
technology from Microsoft(r) Corporation.

"SunSoft strongly believes that interoperability between heterogeneous
systems is a key requirement for Fortune 1000 commercial customers,"
said Richard Probst, manager of DOE business development at SunSoft,
Inc.  "We have made interoperability a primary focus for the Solaris(r)
operating environment and intend to continue this commitment to
interoperability as the Solaris Distributed Object Environment (DOE)
comes to market."

"SunSoft's licensing of LEL is a testament to the need for integrated
cross-platform technologies that interoperate across different
applications, diverse platforms and multiple operating systems," said
Tony Parham, group product manager for Lotus Notes.  "Furthermore, we
view it as a confirmation of Lotus' leadership in providing innovative
solutions that allow workgroups to exchange mission-critical
information regardless of computing platform."

SunSoft's Project DOE (Distributed Object Environment) is the
industry's first mainstream, distributed object system based on the
OpenStep(tm) object application environment and Object Management Group
(OMG(tm)) standards for corporate developers and end users. SunSoft
plans to deliver the first release of DOE for Solaris in early 1995,
which will bring distributed object capability to the Solaris operating
environment.  The DOE environment will significantly reduce the overall
cost of software development and management through the use of
'snap-together' software components, or objects, to create
enterprise-scale, distributed, mission-critical applications.

Lotus is currently shipping LEL in Notes(tm) for Sun and has committed
to delivering LEL in all Notes for UNIX client and server platforms.

SunSoft, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary
of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer and system software
supplier to World Cup USA 1994.  The company has offices in North
America, Europe and Asia. SunSoft is a leading supplier of 32-bit
system software solutions for SPARC and Intel 386/486- and
Pentium(tm)-based computers. The products are licensed by SunSoft and
distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers
worldwide.

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(c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc., SunSoft, and Solaris are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  UNIX is a registered
trademark in the USA and other countries licensed exclusively through
X/Open.  Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks, and Notes,
Link, Embed Launch-to-edit and LEL are trademarks of Lotus Development
Corp.  OMG and CORBA are trademarks of the Object Management Group.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.  All other
products or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their
respective owners.


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