[ale] Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) says Caldera deal to extend Wabi (fwd)

[Don Rogers]

>I don't know why, but Reuters filed yet a third story on
>the Caldera / Wabi deal and this one has more stock symbols,
>brand names and other key search words than most financial
>anaylysts and mainstream press could think of including in their
>search mechanism for wire stories.  In other words, this story will
>most likely end up in more "In Boxes" owned by more of our key
>press and analysts than any other single story we've seen on Caldera.
>
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>Happy readiing.
>
>Don
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>> >>Reuters News Story:
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>> >>Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) says Caldera deal to extend Wabi use
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>> >>PALO ALTO, Calif., March 6 (Reuter) - The creator of Sun
>> >>Microsystem Inc technology which allows Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
>> >>Windows applications to run on Unix computers said a deal with
>> >>Caldera Inc would further boost market use of the capability.
>> >>    Robert Vandette, chief technologist of Sun Microsystems
>> >>Inc's SunSoft Pc Desktop Integration unit, said the technology
>> >>alliance unveiled in Mountain View on Tuesday would provide a
>> >>solution for Internet users wanting to run Windows programs.
>> >>    Bryan Sparks, president of Caldera Inc, a private company
>> >>funded by former Novell Inc (NASDAQ:NOVL) chief executive Ray Noorda,
>> >>told reporters in announcing the deal that by linking Caldera
>> >>and Sun's Wabi technology, it can create a low-cost system to
>> >>run both Internet and Windows applications.
>> >>    Caldera's Caldera Network Desktop, a Linux platform based on
>> >>the free PC-based Unix operating system created by Linus
>> >>Torvalds in Helsinki, allows customers to interact with all of
>> >>Internet's services, including the multimedia World Wide Web.
>> >>    Caldera also has licensed and includes with the product
>> >>Netscape Communications Corp's (NASDAQ:NSCP) popular Netscape
>> >>Navigator browser, enabling users to run Java applets --
>> >>targeted applications based on Sun's Java technology.
>> >>The company's solution has made inroads in the academic
>> >>community, and North Carolina State University said it plans to
>> >>use the Caldera Network Desktop as an operating system for
>> >>students and faculty at an affordable cost.
>> >>    "We're after a market of Internet servers, web servers, at
>> >>very low cost," said Sparks.
>> >>    Caldera plans to ship Wabi, which it is licensing from Sun,
>> >>on a Caldera Solutions CD available next quarter at under $200.
>> >>    By using downloadable software such as the Linux operating
>> >>system, Sparks said the company seeks to hold down costs and
>> >>provide functional solutions at a reasonable cost.
>> >>    "We're able to offer products with pretty cool features
>> >>without necessarily the development costs," he added.
>> >>    Sun said that more than one million copies of Wabi have been
>> >>shipped by industry vendors which have licensed the product,
>> >>including Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) , and IBM (NYSE:IBM) .
>> >>    Wabi support for Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system,
>> >>launched last August, is currently planned for early 1997.
>> >>    Wabi enables Windows applications, such as spreadsheets and
>> >>word processors, to run on Unix at high levels of performance by
>> >>translating the application's instructions to Unix services
>> >>without having to run the Windows system in emulation.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >Emily Cohen
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Don Rogers
Caldera Senior Account Rep
SouthEast US
Don.Rogers at caldera.com
407-957-5492