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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

		SunFlash March 1992 Table Of Contents

SunFLASH Vol 39 #toc				        	  March 1992
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                  Note From The SunFlash Editor
       Summary of The Florida SunFlash For New Subscribers
       Summary Of March's Messages (line count + title)
   Summary of Messages Sent This Month (issue # and synopsis)
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                  Note From The SunFlash Editor

For those of you that keep track of issue numbers, I messed up!
I issued 39.08 twice! I have renumbered the second article
numbered 39.08 to:
	39.10 ClariNet Electronic Publishing Service

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  Line Count        Vol.#       Title
       100	     39.01	SunPics Introduces NeWSprint XP Software
        90	     39.02	SMCC Expands Educational Services
        90	     39.03	Vendors Test TI-RPC/Netwise Technology
        85	     39.04	SMCC Revamps US Reseller Support Programs
        97	     39.05	Industry's First General Purpose TI-RPC
        92	     39.06	Arrow To Distribute SPARCengine Boards
       365	     39.07	HOT OFF THE PRESS
        43	     39.08	SunProgrammer Newsletter Available Free
       415	     39.09	Unbundled Software Release Matrix
       677	     39.10	ClariNet Electronic Publishing Service
       106	     39.11	Bombay Stock Exchange Automates With Sun
       115	     39.12	SunPEX 1.0 Now Shipping
        88	     39.13	Boeing Selects SunNet Manager
       135	     39.14	SMCC Lowers Price Of MP Servers
       126	     39.15	Announcing Solaris 1.0.1 AnswerBook
        94	     39.16	SMCC Reduces Prices On Graphics Systems
       184	     39.17	Sun User Group Announces SUG CD 1992.1
       544	     39.18	Sun's Hottest, Volume 2, Number 3
       262	     39.19	Third Party Product Announcements 1
       308	     39.20	Third Party Product Announcements 2
       394	     39.21	Third Party Product Announcements 3
       120	     39.22	ONC RPC Applications Toolkit 1.0
       163	     39.23	HOT OFF THE PRESS
       103	     39.24	SunSoft, Tivoli To Develop System Software
        92	     39.25	SunDBE 1.2
       212	     39.26	SPARCserver 690MP TPC-A Benchmark Results
Total 5100

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39.01 SunPics Introduces NeWSprint XP Software

             Extends NeWSprint Software Capabilities
        Lets Network Users Print on Output Devices with
                   High Resolution, Large Size

	SEYBOLD, Boston, Mass. -- February 18, 1992 -- SunPics, the Sun
	Microsystems, Inc. business dedicated to printing and imaging,
	today unveiled NeWSprint XP, licensable software that extends
	the capabilities of NeWSprint 2.0 software to a wider range of
	printing devices. The new technology, which will be available
	to developers and original equipment manufacturers, makes it
	possible to print files from any computer on a
	network-including Macintosh, IBM and IBM-compatible PCs,
	workstations, minicomputers and more-to output devices such as
	imagesetters, high-resolution laser printers, large-format
	plotters, and other high raster memory output devices. These
	devices are used by professional publishers, desktop
	publishers, newspapers, and others who require fast,
	high-quality, PostScript-compatible output.

	SunPics also announced that the first adopters of NeWSprint XP
	technology will be ECRM and SRS Imaging, both of which have
	agreed to license the new technology and incorporate it in
	upcoming products.  Like the NeWSprint 2.0 product, NeWSprint
	XP speeds up the performance of output devices by allowing the
	page imaging process to be handled by powerful SPARC central
	processing units (CPUs) rather than by the slower processors
	resident in the output device. Printing becomes a background
	task in a network printing environment; no dedicated
	workstation is needed for imaging. This in turn can reduce
	printer costs, because no dedicated CPU or memory is needed in
	the output device.

39.02 SMCC SMCC Expands Educational Services Worldwide

	New Training Centers; Agreements with Partners Worldwide

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 2, 1992-- Sun Microsystems
	Computer Corporation (SMCC) today announced that it has opened
	customer training centers in Dallas and New York City.  In
	addition, SMCC has agreements with service partners around the
	world to expand the delivery of courses to SMCC customers,
	bringing the number of centers worldwide to 65.

	The new facilities in Dallas and New York will train more than
	2,000 customers per year.   The centers offer customers a
	variety of courses, ranging from system administration, the Sun
	operating system and software, to programming and networking.
	SMCC centers worldwide offer more than 50 courses for software
	developers, application and graphics programmers, system
	programmers, and hardware maintainers.  SMCC designs its
	courses to enable customers to optimize use of their
	workstations and increase productivity through superior
	technical and user training.

	Course options include classroom training (with lectures and
	laboratory exercises), technical seminars, interactive
	self-paced and video-based courses and group employee training
	at customer sites.  As the leader in UNIX(R) system training,
	SMCC has trained more than 33,000 customers in the past year at
	centers in 20 countries around the globe.  In addition to the
	new facilities, SMCC has training centers in the United States
	in California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts,
	Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as in
	Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy,
	Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

39.03 Vendors Test TI-RPC/Netwise Technology At Connectathon 92

	SAN JOSE, Calif. -- March 4, 1992 -- Connectathon '92, the
	annual interoperability event, was marked by the first
	interoperability testing of the Transport-Independent Remote
	Procedure Call (TI-RPC) interface.  Vendors taking part
	included Fujitsu, IBM, Motorola, Novell, SunSoft and
	SunConnect.  Interoperability was demonstrated on a variety of
	system software, including NetWare, PC-NFS, AIX/6000, Solaris,
	UNIX System V Release 4 and the AIX/ESA operating system,
	running on PCs, workstations from Fujitsu, IBM, Motorola and
	Sun, and an IBM mainframe.

	In addition to testing TI-RPC, vendors ensured that distributed
	applications generated by Netwise's RPC TOOL compiler were able
	to run across multiple platforms.  The Netwise technology has
	been licensed by several vendors, including SunSoft, for resale
	as an advanced platform for the development of distributed
	applications.  TI-RPC, part of SunSoft's Open Network Computing
	(ONC) platform, was co-developed by Sun and AT&T for UNIX
	System V Release 4.  The source code is freely available for
	porting to non-SVR4 systems and currently runs on numerous
	systems, including NetWare, DOS, and IBM MVS and AIX.  TI-RPC
	is compatible with the earlier ONC RPC and is designed to be
	independent of the underlying network transport.  This means
	developers can write their application once and run it
	unmodified over multiple transport protocols.

39.04 SMCC Revamps US Reseller Support Programs

	Adds Software Telephone Support Services;
	Discounts on Spares, Repair Services, Fees

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 2, 1992-- Sun Microsystems
	Computer Corporation (SMCC) today unveiled enhancements to its
	reseller service programs for U.S. value-added resellers (VARs)
	and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).  The revised
	programs incorporate two new software support services as well
	as enhancements to the existing reseller support programs,
	allowing SMCC resellers to better tailor service to customers'
	distinct needs.

	The new software services, SunSupportLine(SM) and
	SunSupportLine Plus (SM), are an added feature of the existing
	services and enable resellers to offer end users unlimited
	telephone support for system software running on Sun(TM)
	workstations and servers.  SunSupportLine also provides
	resellers with software updates for their SMCC demonstration
	systems.  SunSupportLine Plus expands on this by giving
	resellers automatic software updates for their end users'
	systems as well.  SMCC revised its programs in response to
	extensive surveys conducted recently with its resellers.  The
	company has more than 900 resellers in the United States.

39.05 SunSoft Unveils Industry's First General Purpose
      Transport-Independent RPC Toolkit

	Novell, Borland, Lotus, AST Research Endorse Technology

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif-- March 4, 1992 -- Expanding its
	leadership in distributed computing, SunSoft today announced
	the industry's first general purpose Transport-Independent
	Remote Procedure Call (TI-RPC) Toolkit for client-server
	application development. TI-RPC combined with code generation
	technology from NetWise, Inc. is a part of the ONC distributed
	computing services provided in the SunSoft Solaris solution.
	Called the ONC RPC Application Toolkit, this advanced
	development platform enables software developers to create a
	single version of a client-server application that runs
	unmodified across a range of operating systems, hardware
	platforms and networks.

	The toolkit and several implementations of TI-RPC were tested
	today at the Connectathon '92 interoperability event in San
	Jose, Calif.  Leading hardware and software vendors including
	Novell Inc., the leading provider of network server operating
	systems solutions, Borland International, a leading developer
	of object oriented software and programming languages, Lotus
	Development Corp., the developer of the industry-leading Lotus
	1-2-3 productivity package, and AST Research, a leading
	manufacturer of personal computers in the 80386/486 market
	endorsed SunSoft's ONC RPC Application Toolkit. In addition,
	Burlington Coat and VXM announced support for the new product.
	The toolkit is part of a comprehensive networking strategy to
	be announced by SunSoft in the next few months.

39.06 Arrow To Distribute SPARCengine Boards

	Becomes First Master Reseller to Offer SPARCengine Products

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 10, 1992-- Arrow Electronics,
	Inc. and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) jointly
	announced that Arrow's Commercial Systems Group will add SMCC's
	SPARCengine(R) 2 and SPARCengine IPX(TM) boards to the list of
	products it now distributes through Sun-authorized resellers in
	the United States.  Arrow already carries SMCC's complete line
	of workstations and servers.  The addition of these boards will
	enhance Arrow's ability to further service the growing embedded
	board market, which includes medical and laboratory equipment,
	computer-integrated manufacturing, telecommunications and
	commercial applications.

	At 21.8 SPECint92/22.8 SPECfp92 and 21.8 SPECint92/21.5
	SPECfp92 SPEC benchmarks respectively, SMCC's SPARCengine 2 and
	SPARCengine IPX boards are the highest-performance RISC-based
	boards on the market.  These are the same boards used in SMCC's
	popular SPARCstation 2 and SPARCstation IPX systems.  They use
	powerful application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and
	advanced graphics technology to compress all critical
	workstation functions   such as a SPARC(R) RISC microprocessor,
	on-board graphics, memory, SCSI, audio and Ethernet
	networking   onto a single compact board smaller than a sheet
	of paper.

39.07 HOT OFF THE PRESS

	This is an edited version of an internal newsletter that I have been
	given permission to post to this mailing list. -johnj
				   Recent News
				 February, 1992

39.08 SunProgrammer Newsletter Available Free

	SunPro, the software development products business of Sun
	Microsystems Inc., is happy to announce the debut of the
	SunProgrammer newsletter.  This quarterly newsletter is
	targeted at the professional Solaris software developer and is
	filled with information and tips on the use of the SunPro
	compilers and developer productivity tools.  Here are some of
	the articles in the first issue:

		*  SPARCworks 2.0 - The Next Generation
		*  Introducting SunPro
		*  How to Choose an OOP Language
		*  Performance Tuning
		*  Code Reviews
	and much more!
	For a limited time you can obtain a FREE copy of this debut issue by
	sending your name, company, and mailing address to
			jennifer.umstattd@Sun.Com.

39.09 Unbundled Software Release Matrix

	This article shows for each unbundled Sun product
		- version numbers
		- release date (FCS or First Customer Ship date)
		- media supported (1/4" tape, CD-ROM, Floppy)
		- architecture supported (Sun-2, Sun-3, Sun-4,
			Sun4c, Sun4m, Sun386i etc.)

39.10 ClariNet Electronic Publishing Service

	This article is from the following newsgroup:
		From: 		brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
		Newsgroups: 	biz.clarinet
		Subject: 	ClariNet Info File
		Organization: 	ClariNet Communications Corp.
	ClariNet, in my own opinion, is a valuable service. Posting this
	article does not imply an endorsement by Sun.  -johnj

	ClariNet is a new electronic publishing network service that
	provides professional news and information, including live UPI
	wireservice news, in the USENET file format.  ClariNet lets you
	read an "electronic newspaper" right on your own computer.  You
	can also get timely computer industry news, technology related
	wirestories, syndicated columns and features, financial
	information, stock quotes and more.  ClariNet gives you scores
	of professionally produced newsgroups for about the same price
	as the analogous paper publications -- but without
	advertising.   Instead of dialing up to an online service with
	a slow modem to read online news, you get it delivered to your
	own machine, to read and search at your own convenience, with
	your own favourite tools, on your own high speed terminal --
	and there's no meter running while you read.

39.11 Bombay Stock Exchange Automates With Sun

	India's Premier Stock Exchange to Invest $30 Million in High
	Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 18, 1992-- The Bombay
	Stock Exchange has designed a comprehensive strategy to
	automate its trading floor based on sophisticated computers
	from Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). The move is
	expected to prepare the exchange for more than 150,000 trades
	per day   which is the estimated trade volume for 1993 and
	twice its present volume.  The total integration, software and
	hardware costs for the exchange's new computerized system will
	be $30 million over the next 12 months.

39.12 SunPEX 1.0 Now Shipping

	- Industry standard for 3-D graphics display
	- ideal for MCAD, AEC, Scientific Visualization
	- Displays graphics generated by any PEX program on the net,
	  even from other vendors machines
	- Accelerates rendering of SunPHIGS 2.0 and other 2-D and 3-D
	  graphics over the network
	- Complete SPARCstation GX, GXplus, GS, GT support
	- Works with OpenWindows Version 3, providing 24-bit visuals

	Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) announces SunPEX 1.0,
	a network-transparent 3-D extension to the X11/NeWS server. It
	allows graphics applications to be distributed transparently
	across the network taking full advantage of graphics
	acceleration.  As a powerful extension to the X11/NeWS server,
	SunPEX is ideal for graphics-intensive customers in MCAD, AEC,
	and scientific research.  SunPEX is ideal for inhouse
	developers using SunPHIGS, end-users that use applications that
	are "PEX-capable", and customers that require distributed
	accelerated 3-D graphics. An example might be a customer
	running atmospheric modeling/analysis programs on a Sun 4/690
	or Cray and displaying the results on an SS2GT.

39.13 Boeing Selects SunConnect's SunNet Manager For LAN/Internet Environment

	Network Services Group Standardizes on SunNet Manager

	Mountain View,  Calif. --- March 24, 1992 --- SunConnect, a Sun
	Microsystems, Inc. business today announced that the Boeing
	Network Services Support Group has standardized on SunNet
	Manager as the platform for its LAN/Internet network management
	environment.  Boeing will use SunNet Manager nationwide to
	manage the Boeing Internet/LAN environment which currently
	includes a wide range of networking products from multiple
	vendors including routers, bridges, gateways and
	concentrators.

	"We needed a platform that could scale to our needs, as well as
	integrate and manage a wide variety of networking products from
	multiple vendors,"  said Dean Coons, Group Manager, Boeing
	Computer Services Network Information Systems.  "SunNet Manager
	meets those needs and provides us with additional flexibility
	through its open and widely supported platform."

	"Customers need networking management solutions that scale well
	from small to large networks and provide the flexibility to
	integrate new applications and networking products," said Denis
	Yaro, Director of Network Management Product Development,
	SunConnect.  "Boeing's choice of SunNet Manager is an excellent
	example of the momentum and industry-wide acceptance this
	platform has gained."

39.14 SMCC Lowers Price Of Multiprocessor Servers

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 24, 1992-- Sun Microsystems
	Computer Corporation (SMCC) has made significant price
	reductions within the SPARCserver(TM) 600MP Series, its popular
	family of multiprocessor servers introduced last September.
	The price cuts make these servers the least expensive such
	systems available today. SMCC has slashed the cost of all
	configurations except the base configurations of the three
	models within this product family, with price reductions up to
	$7,000.  In the case of the high-end SPARCserver 690MP system,
	SMCC has also added two 1.3-gigabyte IPI disk drives at no
	additional cost, increasing the system's functionality.

	In addition, SMCC has cut add-on memory prices for these
	servers by as much as 48 percent and had reduced the price of
	all add-on, 1.3-gigabyte disk drives by $1,000.  Also lowered
	in price by $2,300 was a special configuration of the
	SPARCserver 630MP computer aimed at system administrators. It
	includes a 19-inch color monitor and graphics accelerator.

	These price cuts reaffirm SMCC's commitment to provide value.
	For example, the high-end SPARCserver 690MP system offers the
	industry's best UNIX(R) database price/performance on the TPC-A
	benchmark.  Running the SYBASE(R) SQL Server(TM) 4.8 relational
	database management system (RDBMS), this Sun(TM) server
	delivers 95.41 transactions per second (tps), with a cost/tps
	of just $8,854.  This result is better than all TPC-A
	price/performance results for all UNIX systems.  The
	SPARCserver 690MP is the first system ever to break the
	$9,000/tpsA barrier.

39.15 Announcing Solaris 1.0.1 AnswerBook

	This product has been shipping for a while. -johnj
	- System Software AnswerBook updated to correspond to Solaris 1.0.1
	- Includes OpenWindows Version 3 Full Developers Documentation Set
	- Upgrades available for current AnswerBook customers

	The System Software AnswerBook has a new name to reflect the
	fact that SMCC is now shipping SunSoft's Solaris system
	software environment.  Solaris is Sun's new name for their
	distributed computing system software environment.  Solaris is
	comprised of the following components: OPEN LOOK, DeskSet,
	OpenWindows, SunOS and ONC.  Currently Sun Microsystems
	Computer Corporation is shipping Solaris 1.0.1, which includes
	OpenWindows Version 2 and SunOS 4.1.2 components.

	The Solaris 1.0.1 media product includes an OpenWindows Version
	3 CD. The Solaris 1.0.1 AnswerBook CD contains two independent
	AnswerBooks - the first AnswerBook, Issue 1, Release 2,
	contains SunOS 4.1.2 Full Documentation, OpenWindow Version 2
	Full Developer's Set (including OWV2 End User Manuals), and the
	Desktop SPARC Owner's Sets.  The second AnswerBook, Issue 1,
	Release 3, contains SunOS 4.1.2 Full Documentation, Openwindow
	Version 3 Full Developer's Set (including OWV3 End User
	Manuals), and the Desktop SPARC Owner's Sets.

39.16 SMCC Reduces Prices On High-End 3-D Graphics Systems

	Desktop Memory, Monitor Prices Also Reduced

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 24, 1992-- Sun Microsystems
	Computer Corporation (SMCC) has slashed prices on its high-end
	3-D graphics workstations by nearly 30 percent, the company
	reported today.  The fully configured models of the
	SPARCstation(TM)2GS and SPARCstation 2GT are now among the
	least expensive 3-D solids workstations in their class.

	"One of the reasons we are the workstation industry's
	highest-volume supplier is because we offer better value," said
	Larry Hambly, vice president of marketing at SMCC.  "We also
	believe that lower prices will help us in an important quest:
	broadening the market for 3-D graphics.  And aggressive prices
	lead to higher volumes, strenthening our `open graphics
	initiative' by attracting even more hardware and software
	developers to offer products for our platform." SMCC also
	reduced prices on 19-inch monitors, making its best-selling
	family of desktop workstations even more affordable. In
	addition, prices of add-on memory have been reduced. For
	example, a 16-megabyte memory expansion option is nearly 70
	percent less expensive than a similar product from HP.

39.17 Sun User Group Announces SUG CD 1992.1

	This is a Sun Users Group announcement that was posted to USENET.
	Please contact the SUG directly if you have questions.  -johnj

	From: 			peter@sug.org (Peter Salus)
	Newsgroups: 		comp.newprod
	Organization: 		The Sun User Group
		   SUG CD 1992.1 is X11R5 and GNU on a CDROM,
		priced at $50 to SUG members, including a caddy!

	SUG's emphasis has always been on supplying the greatest
	possible service and value-added to our members.  Last year,
	the SUG 1991 disk contained plug-and-play X11R4, 20MB of
	additional essential binaries, almost 200MB of Sun patches,
	fully-indexed archives of Sun-related net postings, priced at
	only $250.

	Our aim this year has been to reduce the price for disks which
	can be produced inexpensively, but to continue to supply as
	much value-added as possible.  To accomplish this, we will be
	putting out a two disk set, the first containing what's ready
	and needed now, the second available later in '92, containing
	more SPARC binaries and other useful material not found on
	previous disks.

	The SUG 1992.1 disk, which was assembled by Robert A. Bruce,
	contains a lot of essential source code, and we decided it
	would be a great service to make it available right away to our
	members (and this pricing makes this a good opportunity to
	become a member!) for $50 per disk (including one of those
	hard-to-find caddies!).  If you are not a SUG member, you can
	become one for an additional $40 if you live within the US or
	$55 outside.

39.18 Sun's Hottest, Volume 2, Number 3

	This is the text of a newsletter, "Sun's Hottest", that is being mailed
	to Sun customers. It is an excellent summary of the products that have
	been announced over the last few months. -johnj
				 C O N T E N T S
		Headline: Delivering next-generation computing to your desktop
		Networking News
		     Multilanguage terminal emulation
		     SNA over Token Ring
		     Enhanced toolkit for distributed applications based on
		     PC-NFS platform
		     Fiber optics for the desktop
		     DEC connectivity solutions expanded
		     Token Ring communications for SPARC systems
		     Direct IBM server communications from a SPARCserver
		     Success of SunNet Manager continues
		     NetView Interface
		     Improved NFS performance
		Solaris 2.0:  the inside story
		     For application users:
			better performance, interoperable applications
		     For developers:
			better tools for building applications faster
		     For system administrators:
			simpler management, tighter security
		Close-up on OpenWindows Version 3
		Making the move to Solaris 2.0

39.19 Third Party Product Announcements 1

		RasterFLEX - Sbus-based Raster Accelerators
		Performance Monitor now available on SUN, etc.
		[alt.security] New Version of COPS is out (1.04)

39.20 Third Party Product Announcements 2

		IOC - SCSI based IBM 370 Connectivity
		TCP/IP Ethernet Printer Interface
		Documenter's Workbench Release 3.2

39.21 Third Party Product Announcements 3

		Nth PortableGL: Silicon Graphics compatible GL 4.0 Softare
		SBus Add-in Modules Now Support New Sun 600MP SPARCserver
		EMPOWER Remote Terminal Emulator from PERFORMIX
		EMPOWER/MONITOR
		EMPOWER/X
		EMPOWER/XMONITOR
		EMPOWER/GV

39.22 ONC RPC Applications Toolkit 1.0

	-- Enables developers to create client/server applications as
	   easily as standalone applications
	-- Shields application developers from having to understand
	   the details of low-level network interfaces
	-- Leads to successful distribution of applications over a
	   network using RPC technology
	-- Incorporates transport independent RPC (TI-RPC), a Solaris 2.0
	   technology, into Solaris 1.0, enabling developers to take
	   advantage of Solaris 2.0 technology TODAY.

	SunSoft announced ONC RPC Application Toolkit 1.0 at Uniform,
	January, 1992.  The Toolkit greatly simplifies the development
	of next-generation distributed client server applications. This
	product will begin shipping from SMCC in Q2 calendar year
	1992.

	Product Positioning:
		-- Easy-to-use toolkit for developing TI-RPC based
		   client/server applications.
		-- Designed specifically for C programmers;
		   all input is derived from standard C syntax.
		-- Reduces time and effort needed to develop
		   distributed applications.
		-- Includes TI-RPC fully supported on Solaris 1.0
		   systems, allowing applications to easily migrate
		   to Solaris 2.0.

39.23 HOT OFF THE PRESS

	This is an edited version of an internal newsletter that I have
	been given permission to post to this mailing list. Note that I
	posted the previous edition (Feb) of this newsletter at the
	beginning of this month.  -johnj
				   Recent News
				   March, 1992

39.24 SunSoft, Tivoli To Develop Industry's First

      OMG-Compliant System Management Foundation

	SunSoft today announced that it will jointly develop the industry's
	first OMG-compliant foundation for system management with Tivoli
	Systems, the leading provider of object-oriented system management
	applications for distributed computer systems. The press release is
	attached for your reference.

	The products of the joint development will be incorporated into a
	future release of Solaris, as a component of SunSoft's Project DOE
	(Distributed Objects Everywhere).  SMCC will make these technologies
	available to its customers as they become available from SunSoft.

39.25 SunDBE 1.2

	New Database Performance Product Announcement

	Now Sun customers can take even greater advantage of the
	multiprocessing capabilities of the SPARCserver 6x0 family with
	SunDBE 1.2! This latest release of Sun's industry-leading
	database accelerator boosts throughput by 35 to 100% over
	standard SunOS 4.1.2 and helps the SPARCserver 690 to
	phenomenal TPC-A and TPC-B performance of 95.41 TPS-A and 134.9
	TPS-B.

	-- Enhances the performance of Informix, INGRES, Oracle, and Sybase
	   on SPARCservers running SunOS 4.1.2
	-- Preserves Sun's database price/performance

	Sun Database Excelerator 1.2 (SunDBE 1.2) extends Sun's
	price/performance leadership in the UNIX database server
	market. SunDBE 1.2 on SunOS 4.1.2 maintains database
	performance gains of SunDBE 1.1 on 4.1.1, while providing new
	levels of SPARC transaction performance through new features
	for the SPARCserver 600MP family. Together, SunDBE 1.2, SunOS
	4.1.2, and SPARCserver6x0MP systems provide new levels of
	throughput and improved response time under large user loads.

39.26 SPARCserver 690MP TPC-A Benchmark Results

		   Database Benchmark Results: TPC-A and TPC-B

	  SPARCserver 690MP Delivers Outstanding Database Performance
		     and Industry-Leading Price/Performance

	This message announces 3 new benchmark results:
	      + TPC Benchmark A (tm) on SS690MP and SYBASE SQLServer 4.8.1
	      + TPC Benchmark B (tm) on SS690MP and SYBASE SQLServer 4.8.1
	      + TPC Benchmark B (tm) on SS2     and SYBASE SQLServer 4.8.1

	Results of these benchmarks reinforce Sun's leadership position
	in the database server market, and demonstrate for the first
	time SPARCserver capabilities for high terminal connectivity.

	This is the first time ever that Sun has published results for
	the TPC Benchmark A (tm).  The price/performance result for the
	SPARCserver 690MP is the BEST EVER posted by *any* vendor on
	the TPC-A benchmark.

	Results of this benchmark clearly demonstrate the superior
	price-performance and high levels ofdatabase performance
	attainable on Sun's servers when supporting 100's of user
	terminals in an OLTP environment.

	The SPARCserver 690MP TPC-B results are the best results to
	date by Sun.  This is the first time Sun has done the TPC-B
	Benchmark on a SPARCserver 690MP.

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