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For the October table of contents make the Subject line: 70.00 1050 5013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents: 71.11 SMCC's Firmware Adopted by IBM and Apple 71.12 Sunergy Newsletter - October, 1994 71.13 New Sun SITE at Syracuse University 71.14 SMCC Market Leadership Expands Worldwide 71.15 Sun Prints Vol 1, NUMBER 3 - August 12, 1994 71.16 Sun Sponsors Russian Hockey "Dream Team" 71.17 Sun, Illustra and Starwave Put Russian Hockey On Line ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.11 SMCC's Firmware Adopted by IBM and Apple Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) announced major third-party and IEEE standards support for its OpenBoot firmware that promise to make the Sun technology an industry standard. Apple Computer, Inc. and IBM Corp. both announced today their endorsement of SMCC's OpenBoot specification. OpenBoot is currently installed on over one million systems worldwide, including all SMCC workstations shipped since 1989. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.12 Sunergy Newsletter - October, 1994 This is the October, 1994 newsletter from Sun's Sunergy program. Sunergy is a Sun program designed to inform and educcate computer users worldwide. Sunergy brings the great minds of the computer industry to a worldwide audience via electronic communications. Currently, the Sunergy program produces and delivers: o Televison Broadcasts (and tapes). The next broadcast, "Reengineering the Enterprise", November 16, 1994 o Newsletters (like this one) o Library of whitepapers and reading lists Note that this newsletter is quite large (about: 80k, 30 US pages) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.13 New Sun SITE at Syracuse University Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced its newest Sun SITE(TM) server, a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and Syracuse University. Located at the upstate New York campus and accessible worldwide via the Internet, the Sun SITE repository will host the AskERIC Virtual Library, the most widely used educational service on the net. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education through its Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC(R)) program and developed by the Schools of Information Studies and Education at Syracuse University, AskERIC is a national information system for educators, parents and anyone interested in education. Last year, AskERIC was chosen as a finalist in the education and academia category for the prestigious Computerworld Smithsonian Awards for innovative use of information technology. URL: http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.14 SMCC Market Leadership Expands Worldwide Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) has extended its worldwide lead as a supplier of key UNIX(R) technology for financial trading and dealing rooms, according to a recent report from International Data Corporation (IDC). SMCC market share increased from 47 percent in 1992 to 55 percent in 1993. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.15 Sun Prints Vol 1, NUMBER 3 - August 12, 1994 Information From the Sun Printer Group Topics Covered in This Edition Of Sunprints: o SPARCPrinter (SPRN 400) Supplies Remain Available After Printer EOL o All Sun Printers Are Energy Star Compliant o HPGL Support Available for Sun Printers o Enhancements Made to NEWSprinter 20 o New Supplies and New Feature for NEWSPrinter CL+ Color Printer o Sun Printer Product and Technical Info Available on World Wide Web o New Printer Packaging ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.16 Sun Sponsors Russian Hockey "Dream Team" Sun Microsystems announced that it will be the exclusive sponsor for 20 of Russia's greatest hockey players, who currently compete professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL), on a five-game tour to their homeland. The Russian hockey "Dream Team" will appear in five exhibition games beginning November 4 in Moscow that will benefit a variety of organizations in Russia. The trip will include an historic presentation of newly-issued Russian passports to the team members, many of whom are returning to Russia for the first time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71.17 Sun, Illustra and Starwave Put Russian Hockey On Line Sun Microsystems, Inc., Illustra Information Technologies, Inc., and Starwave Corporation today announced a collaboration to put the forthcoming Russian "Dream Team" All-Star Hockey Tour on the Internet. The "Dream Team" All-Star Hockey Tour originates in Moscow on Nov. 4. It unites 20 of Russian hockey's greatest players -- veterans of Olympic competition and numerous world championships -- who now play professional hockey in North America. The exhibition includes five matches against Russia's finest hockey teams, including Spartak, Torpedo, Metallurg and the Red Army team. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SunFlash - A Full-Text On Demand Newsletter John J. McLaughlin Publisher & Editor - flash@FlashBack.COM Subscriptions to Majordomo@FlashBack.COM Article Requests to FlashBack@FlashBack.COM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c)FlashBack, Inc. You may redistribute this article as long as you keep this notice and respect any copyright notices of the individual articles.