Subject: Asian Solaris

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 17:48:43 -0500

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Terence Kwan

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SunSoft shipping Asian Solaris 1.0

TOKYO--(BUSINESS  WIRE)--In a move to expand its position in
the  fast-growing Asian market, SunSoft Tuesday announced it
has   begun  volume  shipments  of  the  Asian  Solaris  1.0
distributed  computing  solution  for  the Japanese, Korean,
Taiwanese and Chinese markets.

The  product  gives  users  the power of 32-bit UNIX with an
intuitive   easy-to-use   desktop   environment   in   local
languages.   The announcement was made at a press conference
held in Tokyo Tuesday.

Several leading SPARC computer manufacturers announced plans
to  offer  Asian  Solaris  1.0  on  their systems, including
Toshiba  and  Matsushita  in  Japan;  Hyundai,  Goldstar and
Trigem  in  Korea;  and  Tatung,  Sampo, Twinhead and Vertos
Technologies  in  Taiwan.   In addition, Opus and RDI in the
United States will also support the product.

According  to Dataquest, a market research firm based in San
Jose,  Calif.,  the Japanese UNIX market has experienced the
world's  fastest  growth  during the past five years with an
89.6  percent  compound  annual growth rate (units shipped).
Dataquest  expects  the Asia-Pacific market (all Pacific Rim
excluding Japan) to enjoy the world's fastest growth rate in
the  UNIX  business  market  for  the  next  five years at a
compound annual growth rate of 41.8 percent (units shipped).
In  addition, SPARC systems running SunSoft's Solaris system
software  are  the  volume  leaders  in the workstation UNIX
market in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

``Market  presence  in  Asia  will be key in determining the
worldwide winners of the system software battle,'' said Bill
Larson,  vice  president  of sales and marketing at SunSoft.
``With  today's announcement and our future products, we are
well  positioned  to be a driving force in the growing Asian
market.''

SunSoft's  Solaris  1.0  solution is based on the industry's
leading 32-bit multitasking operating system, SunOS, and the
world's  standard networking technology, ONC.  It features a
robust  application  development environment, which includes
OpenWindows  Version  2,  and  a desktop metaphor defined by
DeskSet  Version  2, which uses the OPEN LOOK graphical user
interface.

Asian  Solaris  1.0  provides  localized  components for the
operating  system,  application  development environment and
desktop  metaphor,  allowing  end users, software developers
and system administrators to operate within a familiar local
context.

Asian  Solaris  1.0  features localized DeskSet environment,
which  includes  icons  that are internationally understood,
localized conventions such as date and time formats, scripts
in  varying  languages  and  a  fully  localized  OPEN  LOOK
interface.

The  product  also  offers  software  developers a localized
OpenWindows development environment, enabling them to create
applications  in  different  Asian languages.  Asian Solaris
1.0 is available in Japanese, Korean, in traditional Chinese
characters   used   in  Taiwan  and  in  simplified  Chinese
characters used in the People's Republic of China.

The   Asian  Solaris  1.0  product  provides  users  with  a
migration    path    to   Asian   Solaris   2.0,   SunSoft's
next-generation  distributed  computing  solution  based  on
System  V  Release  4  (SVR4),  since  both products will be
largely source code compatible.

Asian  Solaris  2.0  will  be  available  for the industry's
highest  volume  RISC  and CISC platforms -- SPARC and Intel
80X86.   Early  access releases of Asian Solaris 2.0 will be
available in the second half of calendar year 1992.

Asian  Solaris  1.0  is  available  immediately for computer
system  manufacturers.   The  Japanese  Solaris 1.0 solution
includes  the  Kanji  characters  and  Hiragana and Katakana
alphabets  and  has  a  suggested  retail price ranging from
$1,195   for  low-cost  commercial  systems  to  $5,595  for
high-end  commercial  systems.   The  traditional  character
Chinese  Solaris  1.0  and  the simplified character Chinese
Solaris 1.0 have suggested retail prices ranging from $1,095
to $5,595.

Product  inquiries should be directed to Sunsoft in Japan at
03-3221-7133   or   to  Sunsoft  in  the  United  States  at
1-800-227-9227.

SunSoft  Inc.,  headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
subsidiary  of  SUN  MICROSYSTEMS  Inc.   The company is the
leading  worldwide supplier of system software solutions for
distributed  computing.   SunSoft's products are targeted at
software  developers,  system  administrators and end users,
and  are licensed by SunSoft and sold through major computer
manufacturers and VARs (value added resellers) worldwide.

Note: 1991 SUN MICROSYSTEMS Inc., Sun, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, the
Sun  logo,  SunSoft,  Solaris,  SunOS,  ONC, OpenWindows and
DeskSet  are  trademarks  or  registered  trademarks  of SUN
MICROSYSTEMS  Inc.   Products  bearing  SPARC trademarks are
based  upon  an  architecture  developed by SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Inc.  SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International
Inc.   UNIX  and OPEN LOOK are registered trademarks of UNIX
System  Laboratories.   Intel  is  a registered trademark of
Intel  Corp.   All other products or service names mentioned
herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT:  SunSoft  Laura  Ramsey,  415/336-0678  or  Hi-Tech
Public Relations Emily Wanderer, 415/864-5600 08:05 ET

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