Sun Labs Open House Highlights Community Contribution to Research Projects

High Productivity Programming Tools, Virtual Workspaces, Massively
Scalable Online Game Server, New Web Programming Environments, and
Other Projects Discussed; Community of Research Partners Can
Participate at www.research.sun.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today opened the doors of Sun
Labs for its annual open house. Founded in 1991, Sun Microsystems
Laboratories is an applied research facility and an integral part of
Sun's overall research and development program. Many of Sun Labs
innovative technologies are available as open-source software and
hardware, welcoming communities of research partners to participate in
the development of next-generation technologies. To see video
presentations and download the latest open source code from Sun Labs,
visit http://www.research.sun.com.

Guests at the Open House attended talks and demos given by 44 of
Sun's leading research scientists, Sun Fellows and Distinguished
Engineers. Highlights of the day included the project Sun(TM) Small
Programmable Object Technology (SPOT) hands-on lab, and technology
demos which included the Sun(TM) Labs Lively Kernel project, Project
Wonderland, Project Aura, and OpenSPARC(TM), and provided a
behind-the-scenes view of Sun's most innovative research.

"Sun Labs has delivered measurable and results-oriented innovation
through its history and by increasingly adding collaboration to our
innovation, we're taking the our research projects even further," said
Bob Sproull, director of Sun Labs and a Sun Fellow. "Our open sourced
prototypes are effectively building communities of research partners,
inviting participation and disruptive thinking from developers outside
of Sun Labs and the broader Sun community."

Research projects displayed at the 2008 Sun Labs Open House
include:

-- Project Fortress - Led by the Sun Labs Programming Language
Research Group, Fortress is a new programming language
designed for high-performance computing (HPC) designed to
deliver high programmer productivity. Project Fortress Version
1.0 was released March 31, 2008, as open source and is
available at
http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/

-- Project Darkstar - A Java(TM) technology-based software
infrastructure to simplify the development and operation of
massively scalable online games, virtual worlds, and social
networking applications., Project Darkstar is open source and
is available at http://www.projectdarkstar.com/

-- Project Sun(TM) SPOT - An experimental platform for developing
wireless sensor, robotics and swarm intelligence applications
entirely in Java technology. The entire system, including
hardware, operating system Java Virtual Machine, drivers and
applications is available as Open Source on Java.net. Sun SPOT
Developer Kit available at http://www.sunspotworld.com/

-- Project Wonderland - A toolkit for building 3D virtual worlds,
powered by Project Darkstar, is the basis for research into
collaborative work and education environments. More
information at https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/

-- Project Caroline - Ongoing research into technologies for
rapid and efficient development and delivery of dynamically
scalable Internet-based services. Learn more:
https://www.projectcaroline.net/main/

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision - "The Network is the
Computer(TM)," Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can
be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Solaris and The Network
Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
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countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an
architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Carolyn.Rohrer@Sun.COM
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