The Solaris Operating Environment is the premiere Operating Environment for the enterprise. With over 300 new features, Solaris 9 OE is the most scalable, available, manageable and secure service platform for the networked world. By focusing on industry standards, the Internet, innovation and integration, Solaris 9 OE delivers a documented lower cost of operation. Solaris is the leading UNIX operating environment with Sun servers owning 64 percent US UNIX market share in shipments and 54 percent US UNIX revenue share, according to Gartner Dataquest's "1Q02 Servers Quarterly Statistics."

The Solaris 9 OE is available on the SPARC Architecture platforms and supports more than 12,000 applications. Customers have access to many freeware programs, including utilities, productivity tools and development tools. In addition, the Solaris 9 OE will include the integrated Sun ONE Application Server 7, Platform Edition, and the Sun ONE Directory Server, along with special licensing for other Sun ONE products and the Oracle9i database.

About Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) architecture

Sun ONE, the integration of Sun's award-winning portfolio of software products, is Sun's vision, architecture, platform and expertise that enables the delivery and deployment of services on demand. Through its open, integratable architecture, Sun ONE extends current enterprise systems to help reduce costs and complexity while improving organizations return on assets. More information on Sun ONE is available at http://www.sun.com/sunone .

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com .

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, J2EE, Solaris, Free Solaris, BigAdmin and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.

For a live audiocast of the Solaris 9 launch at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, please go to www.sun.com/webcast/solaris9.

CONTACT: Brett Smith of Sun Microsystems, Inc., +1-408-276-6143, or Email Contact; or Heather Redfern of Citigate Cunningham, +1-512-652-2709, or Email Contact, for Sun Microsystems, Inc.