Free Solaris! SUN AGGRESSIVELY EXPANDS DEVELOPER BASE FOR SOLARIS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, OFFERS FREE LICENSES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ON PCs AND WORKSTATIONS.

Program Lets Developers, Students, Researchers and
Enthusiasts Try the Industry's Most Flexible Enterprise and
Internet Development Platform.

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PALO ALTO, Calif., August 10, 1998 -- To promote software
development on its industry-leading Internet, Java TM and
enterprise development platform, Sun Microsystems today
announced that for the cost of media, shipping and
handling charges it would provide a free license to its
SolarisTM operating environment when used for
non-commercial use. Through an expanded SunSM
Developer ConnectionSM program, developers, members of
the academic community and Solaris enthusiasts
worldwide can request a free license to the latest version of
the Solaris operating environment for teaching, research,
software development, software testing and other
non-commercial use on PCs or SPARCTM workstations.

This program will make it easier for a new group of
developers to experience the power, scalability, reliability
and flexibility of Sun's market-leading Solaris operating
environment. According to new data released by
International Data Corporation (IDC), Sun has captured
UNIX server market leadership by outranking all
competitors in UNIX server shipments for 1997.

Non-commercial developers can order their copy of the
Solaris operating environment at
http://www.sun.com/developers, while students, educators
and researchers should access
http://www.sun.com/edu/solaris to place an order.

"Many developers are frustrated by the limitations of their
current operating systems and would welcome the chance
to install the Solaris operating environment on their PCs
and give it a try," said John McFarlane, president Solaris
Software, Sun Microsystems. "With the Solaris operating
environment, developers gain broad, direct access to OS
capabilities, increasing their creative capacity and speeding
development time. By trying Solaris software for
themselves, they will understand why it is considered to be
such a high quality software environment."

Solaris: Free and Easy

For the price of media, shipping and handling,
non-commercial developers worldwide can register for free
membership in the Sun Developer Connection and place an
order for a copy of the Solaris operating environment for
non-commercial use.

With the Solaris operating environment, developers gain
the freedom to collaborate on high-performance
applications that are ready for quick, easy high-volume
deployment. It is an open, standard-based environment that
offers:

broad, direct access to OS capabilities
simplified application development and deployment in
a heterogeneous world
a JavaTM-based and Web-centric environment that
speeds collaboration
stable APIs and tuned libraries
industry-leading performance

Sun is a leading provider of open network computing
solutions to colleges and universities around the world,
powering academic research and high performance
computing systems, campus administration, digital libraries
and student instruction systems.

"All around the world, students, educators, and researchers
have asked for Solaris for their own use, on their own
systems, at home and in their classrooms," said Kim Jones,
vice president, Academic and Research Computing, Sun
Microsystems. "With greater access to the power and
reliability of the Solaris operating environment, students
will be able to develop and enhance skills that they need for
careers in software development and IT management.
Educators will be able to easily deploy the latest release of
Solaris software across their campuses on systems using
the SPARCTM or Intel architectures. This is the ideal
complement to the Sun program that offers free Java
development tools for teaching. Now those interested in
Java technologies can make greater use of the Solaris
operating environment in their adventures with the Java
programming language."

Complete Access to Solaris Developer Resources

The Free Solaris program is being managed through SunSM
Developer ConnectionSM program, a comprehensive
resource designed to give the growing number and
expanding range Solaris developers a single point of
access to all Solaris operating environment and Java
technology programs.

The Free Solaris program seeks to foster communities of
interest and facilitate self-help, learning and discussion
among Solaris developers, students, educators and
researchers through Web chats, forums and feedback
mechanisms available through the Sun Developer
Connection Web site.

Individuals, non-commercial developers and members of
the academic community who register for the Sun
Developer Connection under the Free Solaris program will
have access to all Sun Developer Connection resources.
Benefits include priority access to Sun development tools
and unlimited use of the Sun Developer Connection site's
Self-Help and Training and Tutorials sections. They will also
receive SunSM Info EssentialsSM:

Quarterly developer updates through "Sun Developer
News"
Information about Sun's developer programs and
events from the Sun Developer Connection Program
Web Site
Solaris technical information from the Solaris
Developer Connection Program Web site
Pointers to free downloadable tools through DevFlash
e-mail bulletin

Public domain software that is precompiled and formatted
for easy installation on all Solaris platforms and releases
can be downloaded for free from
http://www.sunfreeware.com.

In addition, Java development tools and technologies are
available from the Java StoreSM on the Web at
http://java.sun.com/javastore/. There are also free Java
tools available for use in teaching at
http://sun.com/edu/java/free.

Free Solaris: For Non-Commercial Development Only

Use of the Solaris operating environment secured through
this offer is limited to non-commercial use only.
Participants are free to develop and test applications, but in
order to deploy them for commercial use, they must
upgrade their software to a commercial license.

Developers can access installation support by calling:
1-800-786-7638, prompt 4.

About Sun Microsystems

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network
Is The ComputerTM," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of
high quality hardware, software and services for
establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the
power of the Internet. With more than $9 billion in annual
revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and
on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.

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