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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

SUNSELECT SHIPS NETWARE SUNLINK PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATING NOVELL NETWORKS
               WITH SPARC AND SOLARIS ENVIRONMENTS

SunFLASH Vol 44 #5					         August 1992 
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Prices and availabilty of NetWare SunLink for SMCC customers will be
announced shortly. -johnj
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                 Supported By Oracle and Ingres

BILLERICA, Mass.--August 3, 1992-- SunSelect(TM), a business unit of
Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced the immediate availability of
its NetWare(R) SunLink(R) software for integrating Novell(R) NetWare
networks with SPARC(R) and Solaris(R) environments. The NetWare SunLink
product allows DOS, Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and OS/2(R) NetWare system
users to share data, files and print services with UNIX(R) system
workgroups.

Based on NetWare for UNIX Version 3.11 from Novell, the NetWare SunLink
product provides an easy way to move from a departmental network to a
powerful, integrated SPARC/Solaris enterprise network. By simply adding
NetWare SunLink on a Sun SPARCserver(TM) system to the network, NetWare
customers protect their investment in their existing network while
gaining direct access to UNIX system files, applications and services
including distributed processing, client-server computing and open
systems.  With the NetWare SunLink product, the multitasking
capabilities, rich development environment and built-in networking
services of the 32-bit Solaris system and the high performance of SPARC
processing units are now accessible to NetWare system users.

"NetWare networks are installed in more than 25 percent of Sun customer
sites," said Jan Newman, executive vice president, NetWare Systems
Group at Novell, Inc. "With so many of our customers using NetWare and
SPARC/Solaris systems as complementary rightsizing solutions, we are
excited to see the availability of the NetWare SunLink product."

Consistent with Sun's open computing strategy as well as SunSelect's
mission to meet the demand for integrating PC resources with open,
client-server environments, the NetWare SunLink product bridges the gap
between UNIX systems and personal computing resources, giving customers
access to a wider range of solutions. In addition to the NetWare
SunLink product, SunSelect also markets PC-NFS(R) software, which
allows personal computers to run in multivendor networks, and
SunPC(TM), an emulation product that lets users run MS-DOS(R) and
Microsoft Windows applications on SPARC and Solaris systems.

Database Application Support

Two of the industry's leading database vendors, Oracle Corporation and
Ingres, plan to support the NetWare SunLink product. Oracle, the
largest supplier of RDBMS software, will offer ORACLE7 and SQL*Net V2
for NetWare SunLink, its latest RDBMS and networking products. For a
six-month period beginning in September 1992, ORACLE7 and SQL*Net V2
for NetWare SunLink will be offered by Oracle in a promotional package
called ORACLE7 Server Pak for NetWare SunLink at a 30 percent
discount.

"With ORACLE7 and NetWare SunLink support, we will now be able to
provide customers with the most advanced server for NetWare networks,
offering application transparency between PC LANs, workgroup servers,
minis and mainframes at an extremely aggressive price/performance
level," said Jerry Baker, senior vice president of Oracle's product
line divisions. The ORACLE7 Server Pak for NetWare SunLink will be
available within 30 days.

Ingres has also announced its plans to support NetWare SunLink in
Version 6.4 of its RDBMS software package. Ingres(TM) 6.4 with NetWare
SunLink support will be available early in the first quarter of
calendar year 1993.

Pricing and Distribution

The NetWare SunLink product will begin shipping August 12, and will be
available through SunSelect authorized resellers, including Sun
Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) worldwide sales offices, and,
in the United States, SunExpress(TM), ComputerLand, and Access
Graphics. In Europe, SunSelect's NetWare SunLink software resellers
include Merisel DNS and Schneider & Koch in Germany; Bacher in Austria;
and selected Novell distributors based in the U.K. and France.

"The NetWare SunLink product brings together the leading UNIX
environment and the leading network operating system vendor," said Ed
Anderson, president of ComputerLand Corp. USA, the nation's largest
Novell reseller.  "We think that's a sure winner both for us and our
customers."

The suggested U.S. list prices for the NetWare SunLink product are
summarized in the table below.

Description SunSelect Suggested U.S. List Price

2-client right-to-use (RTU) licenses, documentation     $995

10-client RTU licenses                                  $1,000

20-client RTU licenses                                  $2,000

50-client RTU licenses                                  $3,500

100-client RTU licenses                                 $5,500

250-client RTU licenses                                 $11,000

Beta site references for the NetWare SunLink product are available on
request.

About SunSelect SunSelect was established in April 1992 to develop and
market products that integrate personal computing resources into open,
client-server environments.  SunSelect is headquartered in Billerica,
Mass.


Marketing Contact:  Luiza de Ruijter SunSelect (508)671-0592

Press Contact Amy Choice, SMCC Public Relations, 415-336-0594.

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