SUN MICROSYSTEMS JOINS EurOSInet

Organization Promotes Adoption of Open Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- July 17, 1989 -- Sun Microsystems today
announced it has joined EurOSInet, an international organization for
the promotion of open systems.  Other members include IBM, AT&T, Xerox,
Cray, Wang, Unisys, Digital Equipment Corp., Tandem, Hewlett-Packard,
Data General, Intel, ICL, Bull, Nixdorf, MCI International, Olivetti,
NCR, Prime, DialCom Europe, Concurrent Computer Corp. Ltd., Computer
AG, Norsk Data Ltd., Sema Group, Seimens, British Telecom, Helsinki
Telephone Company, Logica, DTI and MBP Software.

EurOSInet was established in 1986 by IBM, DEC, ICL and Bull and has
grown to more than 20 computer companies and organizations, becoming an
important international body.  EurOSInet works to get standards adopted
-- such as OSI and X.400 -- and also provides a forum for manufacturers
and suppliers to demonstrate interoperability between different
systems.

EurOSInet has already established strong links with similar
organizations in other parts of the world, including OSInet in the
United States and Singapore, Intapnet in Japan and OSIcom in
Australia.

Sun has joined EurOSInet as part of its ongoing commitment to standards
and open computing.  As a company with 25 percent of its revenue coming
from the European market, Sun expects membership in EurOSInet to
reinforce its presence in that region, noted Darryl Barbe, vice
president and general manager of Sun's European operations.

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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