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Fujitsu and Sun expand partnership to grow solaris market & unleash new generation of innovations in the data center (E)

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FUJITSU AND SUN EXPAND PARTNERSHIP TO GROW SOLARIS MARKET &
       UNLEASH NEW GENERATION OF INNOVATIONS IN THE DATA CENTER
Companies to Collaborate on Development and Delivery of Future
Generation Solaris/SPARC Systems
Santa Clara, Calif. - June 1, 2004 and Tokyo - June 2, 2004 - Sun
Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ:  SUNW) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE:  6702)
today announced the expansion of their 20-year strategic relationship
to include the joint development and delivery of future generation
Solaris and SPARC-based systems. Today's announcement brings together
two of the strongest companies in the world to deliver best in class
platforms for all possible network computing workloads and grow the
market for Solaris and SPARC.
Sun and Fujitsu will bring together their Solaris and SPARC-based
server product lines by mid-2006, creating the industry's most
complete data center systems family, code named the Advanced Product
Line (APL). APL will run the world's leading enterprise-class
operating system, Solaris, the Java Enterprise System,
and virtually every major enterprise application.
When complete, the APL will replace Sun's and Fujitsu's existing Sun
Fire and PRIMEPOWER product lines, respectively. Customers will
benefit from safe and seamless binary compatibility along the SPARC
roadmap.
During the transition period leading up to the launch of the APL, Sun
and Fujitsu will work together to quickly implement arrangements to
make each other's current Sun Fire and PRIMEPOWER product lines
available for distribution through both companies. These arrangements
will vary by geography. The companies and their respective customers
will all benefit from the expanded
distribution of both companies' existing product lines prior to the
introduction of the jointly-developed, next generation products.
"Today's announcement further expands the available market for the
Solaris and SPARC family of systems and continues to prove Sun is one
of the most highly leveraged technology companies in the world, with
partnerships extending across consumers, developers, and now with
Fujitsu, well into the mainframe computing environment," said
Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun
Microsystems. "Sun continues to grow the broadest operating platforms
on earth, spanning Java and the Java Enterprise System, the Solaris
operating environment running industry standard x86 servers, up into
the mainframe environment, and a newly expanded SPARC family,
providing the highest performance computing
infrastructure for the largest diversity of network workloads.  Sun
and Fujitsu couldn't be better positioned to drive share in the
growing market for network computing."
"Fujitsu's leading-edge semiconductor technology and expertise in
developing high-performance, high-reliability processors for
world-class mainframe and supercomputer systems, together with Sun's
Solaris, Java and other industry-leading technology strengths,
represent a powerful combination for enterprise customers," remarked
Hiroaki Kurokawa, president of Fujitsu Limited.  "I'm confident that
our enhanced partnership will enable us to provide customers with
optimal server products that deliver maximum business value."
One Focus, One Family, All Workloads
Today's announcement brings together Sun's competence and expertise
in the Internet, and network computing, with Fujitsu's expertise in
mission-critical computing. It redoubles the industry's investment in
Solaris and SPARC, and ensures systems will be available to cover
every possible workload - both in the rapidly evolving throughput
computing marketplace, as well as the requirement
for mainframe scale and quality in traditional computing.
Expanded Reach For World's Most Popular UNIX, Solaris
"This is not only good for Sun and Fujitsu who are essentially
doubling the number of 'feet on the street' globally, but their
customers, partners and investors will also benefit tremendously from
this alliance," said Vernon Turner, Group Vice President, Global
Enterprise Server Solutions, IDC. "It means a protected investment, a
clear product roadmap, high-quality and choice,
and a great potential to grow marketshare."
The enhanced partnership will also result in strengthened systems
integration capability and channels for Solaris and SPARC systems.
This will create increased opportunities for the combined companies'
thousands of integrated software vendors (ISVs) and resellers by
broadening the market for Solaris.
Sun and Fujitsu will also build on their combined strength across
virtually all global markets to ensure customers receive
industry-leading service and support. The companies will also
optimize their distribution channels and leverage each other's
manufacturing facilities and Sun's established relationship with
third
party manufacturers.
Today's announcement marks a historic milestone in SPARC's two-decade
history, marked by the "openness" that was the fundamental principle
behind the formation of SPARC International in 1989. Openness of the
processor architecture allowed Sun and Fujitsu to collaborate on
defining the architecture and compete on implementations. Both the
UltraSPARC and the SPARC64 implementations are based on the open
SPARC V9 Instruction Set Architecture, and it is the "openness" of
the architecture that has made this alliance possible.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and
communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting
technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms,
and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely
position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions
that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:  6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.  For more information, please see:
http://www.fujitsu.com.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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 industrial-strength hardware,
software and services that make the Network. Sun can be found in more
than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including statements regarding Sun and Fujitsu and Sun expanding
their relationship to grow the Solaris market and unleash a new
generation of innovations in the data center and to include joint
development and delivery of future generation Solaris and SPARC-based
systems, bringing together two of the strongest companies in the
world to deliver best in class platforms for all possible network
computing workloads and grow the market for Solaris and SPARC, Sun
and  Fujitsu bringing together  their Solaris and SPARC-based server
product lines by mid-2006, creating the industry's most complete data
center systems family, code named the Advanced Product Line (APL) to
run the world's leading enterprise-class operating system, Solaris,
the Java Enterprise System, and virtually every major enterprise
application, APL replacing Sun and Fujitsu's Sun Fire and PRIMEPOWER
product lines, respectively, customers benefitting from safe and
seamless binary compatibility along the SPARC roadmap, Sun and
Fujitsu working together to quickly implement arrangements to make
each company's products available for distribution by the other
company, the companies and their respective customers benefitting
from the expanded distribution, the announcement further expanding
the available market for the Solaris and SPARC family of systems and
continuing to prove Sun is one of the most highly leveraged
technology companies in the world, Sun continuing to grow the
broadest operating platforms on earth, Sun and Fujitsu being
positioned to drive share in the growing market for network
computing, the enhanced partnership enabling the companies to provide
customers with optimal server products that deliver maximum business
value, the announcement redoubling the industry's investment in
Solaris and SPARC, and ensuring systems will be available to cover
every possible workload, customers, partners and investors
benefitting tremendously from this alliance, the enhanced partnership
resulting in systems integration capability and channels for Solaris
and SPARC systems, creating increased opportunities for the combined
companies' thousands of integrated software vendors (ISVs) and
resellers, Sun and Fujitsu building on their combined strength across
virtually all global markets to ensure customers receive
industry-leading service and support, and the companies optimizing
their distribution channels and leveraging each other's manufacturing
facilities and Sun's established relationship with
third party manufacturers. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially
from those predicted in any such forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause results to differ include risks associated with
developing, designing, manufacturing and distributing new products
and services, pricing pressures, lack of customer
acceptance of Sun's and Fujitsu's new products and services, lack of
success in technological advancements, and risks associated with
working with an external third party on the design, development,
manufacturing and distribution of APL and other products and
services. Please also refer to Sun's periodic reports
that are filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended June  30, 2003 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarters ended September 28, 2003, December 28, 2003 and
March 28, 2004.
This information is provided by RNS
       The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
end of announcement        euro adhoc 02.06.2004

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Kasey Holman
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(650) 786-3411
kasey.holman@sun.com

Carrie Motamedi
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(650) 786-0171
carrie.motamedi@sun.com

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