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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

        Sun Unveils ShowMe Computer Conferencing Software

SunFLASH Vol 44 #2					         August 1992 
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     Sun Unveils Easy-To-Use Computer Conferencing Software

            With "ShowMe(TM)," Workstation Users Don'
                 Have to Meet to Have a Meeting

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--August 3, 1992--SunSolutions(TM), a product
development venture within Sun Technology Enterprises, today introduced
ShowMe, an easy-to-use computer conferencing software product. ShowMe
software lets SPARC(R) workstation users conduct on-line meetings,
allowing groups to view and interactively collaborate on documents,
graphics, spreadsheets and other images over a TCP/IP network. Using
on-screen markers, participants in a ShowMe conference can annotate
shared documents simultaneously in real time, so users interact and
communicate much the same way they would in a meeting room.

ShowMe software is the first easy-to-use, full-featured product in the
emerging computer conferencing market. On-line conferencing products go
beyond so-called "shared whiteboards" because they allow graphics and
images as well as text to be shared across the network by multiple
users. The product is based on the intuitive OPEN LOOK(R) graphical
user interface and is easy to learn.

With the ShowMe product, users can quickly distribute documents or
images to the display screens of other participants, allowing for
instant feedback. For example, a participant could "snap" or select a
portion of a spreadsheet, and that portion instantly and automatically
becomes visible to every other participant. The participants can then
discuss and mark up the data.

If a change is needed, a user can simply click on the ShowMe
patent-pending Active Window, make the change, and simply click snap
again to share the modified spreadsheet with the rest of the group.

"ShowMe software lets you hold a meeting without leaving your
office--or, to look at it a different way, lets you bring your whole
office with you to meetings," said Byron Ryono, director and general
manager of SunSolutions. "Workstations are built for networking, so the
workstation market is the perfect proving ground for collaborative
products, and ShowMe is the perfect product to exploit the growing
niche for easy-to-use interactive conferencing software."

Professionals in a wide range of technical and commercial markets can
use ShowMe software to collaborate on projects. Key application areas
for the product include CASE, CAD, medical imaging, finance, real
estate, retail, telemarketing, and government.

Pricing and Availability

ShowMe is a shrink-wrapped, channel-ready software product, and will
ship in the summer of 1992. The SunSolutions suggested list price for a
single-user, floating network license is $349, including media and
documentation ($319 without). A 10-concurrent-user floating license
package is available for $2,870. A 25-user license package sells for
$5,975. The product will be distributed by Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC), SunExpress, and authorized resellers including
Access Graphics, Inc., Arrow Electronics, Inc., and QUALiX Group, Inc.

About SunSolutions

SunSolutions, a product development venture within Sun Technology
Enterprises, is dedicated to creating and marketing interactive,
collaborative software products. Sun Technology Enterprises is a
subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View,
Calif.

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Sun Microsystems, Sun, the Sun logo, SunSolutions, Sun Technology
Enterprises, the Sun Technology Enterprises logo, SMCC, SunExpress and
ShowMe are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. All SPARC trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of
SPARC International, Inc.  Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based
upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. OPEN LOOK is a
trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. All other products or
services mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.


Marketing Contact:  Cindy Walden SunSolutions (415)336-1506

SMCC-related press/analysts inquiries to Marty Coleman, 415-336-6543

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