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SUN MICROSYSTEMS ANNOUNCES INTENT TO PURCHASE LIGHTHOUSE DESIGN, LTD.


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.- June 18, 1996 - Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
(NASDAQ: SUNW) announced today that it has reached an agreement to
purchase all of the shares of Lighthouse Design, Ltd., a leading
provider of object-based developer and productivity tools, for an
undisclosed amount. The purchase supports Sun's current object-oriented
software offering and will enhance and extend Sun's capabilities
that will benefit enterprise developers, independent software
vendors, and end-users.

"This acquisition fortifies our OpenStep on Solaris solution and
further enhances our commitment to NEO, Sun's object-oriented
network environment," said Eric Schmidt, Sun's chief technology
officer.  "Moreover, Lighthouse Design's proven object-oriented
expertise bolsters Sun's vision of providing network technologies
that customers use for global competitive advantage."

"Both Sun and Lighthouse Design share a common vision to provide
object-oriented technology throughout the corporate enterprise,"
said Jonathan Schwartz, Lighthouse Design's CEO. "Combining our
product line and development expertise with Sun's R&D resources
and distribution channels, we'll be able to accelerate the acceptance
and deployment of object technology for the corporate network."

Lighthouse Design will operate as a new business unit reporting
into the office of the chief technology officer. Jonathan Schwartz
will become general manager of the newly formed business unit and
will report into Dr. Schmidt.

Subject to Lighthouse Design shareholder approval, Sun expects the
transaction to close on or before June 30. Sun will incur a one-time
charge for purchased R&D, in the fourth quarter that is not expected
to exceed $.10 per share.

With annual revenues of more than $6 billion, Sun Microsystems,
Inc. provides products and services that enable customers to build
and maintain open network computing environments. Widely recognized
as a proponent of open standards, the company is involved in the
design, manufacture and sale of products, technologies and services
for commercial and technical computing. Sun's SPARC (TM) workstations,
multiprocessing servers, SPARC microprocessors, Solaris operating
software and ISO-certified service organization each rank No. 1 in
the UNIX industry. Java, Sun's platform-independent programming
language, provides a comprehensive solution to the challenge of
programming for complex networks, including the Internet. Sun
Microsystems was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Mountain
View, California.

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