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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

             SUNSELECT LAUNCHES OPERATIONS IN EUROPE

SunFLASH Vol 42 #13					           June 1992 
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		Offices in UK for Sun Business Unit Joining
		UNIX and Personal Computer Environments 
	
BILLERICA, Mass. -- June 10, 1992 --  SunSelect(TM), the Sun
Microsystems, Inc. business dedicated to integrating personal computing 
resources with open, UNIX(R) client-server environments, today
announced the establishment of its European headquarters.  The
offices are located in the United Kingdom.

SunSelect began operations on April 13, 1992 in Billerica,
Massachusetts.  It introduced the PC-NFS(R) 4.0 networking
software product that allows personal computer platforms to take
advantage of UNIX multivendor environments; the SunPC(TM) 3.0
line of high-performance personal computer emulation products, which
enable SPARC(R) workstation users to run MS-DOS(R) and MS-Windows(R)
applications; and NetWare(R) SunLink(R), a software product that
connects Novell(R) NetWare LANs to SPARC server systems.

 "With the expanding European market for personal computer
integration with UNIX computing, we expect our European
operations to be critical to SunSelect's worldwide business and product
success, said Carl Ledbetter, general manager of SunSelect.  "Europe's
government and business accounts are concerned with bringing the power
of mixed vendor networking and open, client server computing to
personal computer users, and with giving UNIX workstation users access
to the full range of personal computing applications and resources.
SunSelect's products give these accounts the best of both worlds."

SunSelect's European office is located in Bagshot, United
Kingdom.  It is responsible for the marketing, service, support
and distribution of the PC-NFS, SunPC and NetWare SunLink product
lines in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Finland,
Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and
Portugal.  

David Ballantine is director of SunSelect's European operations.
Prior to SunSelect, he was director of marketing for Sun Microsystem's 
European channels and managed Eastern European, Middle Eastern and 
African markets.  Before Sun Microsystems, Ballantine was CEO of a laser
printer manufacturer and also spent several years working for Digital
Equipment Corporation and NEC in the UK, USA and Australia.  

SunSelect products are distributed directly through authorized
SunSelect resellers, through local Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. 
(SMCC) sales offices, and other distribution channels.

SunSelect, headquartered in Billerica, Mass. is a business unit
of Sun Microsystems, Inc. formed to develop and market products that 
integrate personal computers with open, client-server environments. 
Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
solutions, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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(C)1992 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Sun, the Sun logo,
SunSelect, the SunSelect logo, SunPC, SunLink, and PC-NFS
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. 
NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. All other products
or services mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information, contact:

Erica Vener SunSelect 415/336-3566

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