5 million developers in the worldwide Java community. Recently, we have seen an increase in customer interest in running
Solaris on Intel/AMD platforms.com

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, JavaOne, Java
Community Process, JCP, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"The new price performance point of the 915GM Express chip set is enabling
many new designs across multiple industry sectors.

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in the United
States and other countries.

This new support module enables new
and existing users of Embedded BIOS 2000 to build differentiated products
around the 915GM chipset which was developed for high performance, low
power applications such as communications infrastructure, industrial box
and panel PCs and in-car infotainment.com, e-mail
sales@gensw.

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About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company , with 80 years
of leadership in helping businesses innovate.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc .

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Today's news also demonstrates IBM and Sun's ongoing commitment to help
customers gain control of data center complexity to improve utilization and
help ensure availability of business-critical data, while leveraging the
compelling benefits of the Solaris 10 OS on SPARC (R), x86 and x64 platforms .com

Ron Favali
IBM
(914) 766-1362
favali@ibm.

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http://www.gensw.

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Now customers can deploy the applications they want on Solaris
10 and share in this vast opportunity.
The companies each plan to make dedicated investments in engineering and
testing focused on product interoperability, performance optimization and
timely delivery.us. The chipset module is fully compatible
with General Software's unique Firmbase Technology and the Firmware
Application Suite that enables device management functions like boot
security , platform updating and high availability. Firmbase
Technology is ROM-resident and provides a chain of trust from power-on to
OS boot and beyond.

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SOMERS, N. Drawing on resources from across
IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions
and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full
advantage of the new era of e-business.

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"The next wave of economic and social progress will spring from
ever-growing communities participating on the web. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.
(415) 294-5086
michelle. Licensed in source code
form, developers are free to tailor the BIOS to fit the exact needs of the
device they are creating, rather than being constrained by architectures
more applicable to desktop PCs. A software
development kit (SDK) is available for developers to create their own
device management applications in firmware. General Software's well-architected and
reliable firmware products reduce risk, speed development, and address
embedded OEM product lifecycle needs.

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"In addition, for more than 10 years IBM has set the industry
standard with a practice of porting our software to various platforms based on
customer demand.

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IBM and Sun Microsystems Extend Java Technology Agreement; Ink Deal to Expand Support for IBM Software on Solaris 10

com.com. in the United States and in
other countries.

General Software, Inc. A non-stop SMM envelope keeps firmware applications running,
even when the OS and user application have failed, or are missing.

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"Today's agreement with IBM to extend their commitment
to Java technology and to port IBM middleware to Solaris 10 for x86 is a major
step forward. Subscribe to Sun
newswire at http://sun. "The rich feature
set of this new support module gives unprecedented power to developers to
create and bring highly differentiated products to market .

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The two
companies also announced plans to deliver IBM middleware support for the
Solaris (TM) 10 Operating System (OS) on SPARC(R), x86 and x64 systems.
Under the Java agreement, which extends to 2016, IBM will continue to
license and use Java technologies from Sun, including Java Platform,
Enterprise Edition (Java EE), Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and
Java Platform , Micro Edition (Java ME) and Java Card (TM) throughout its
software products, including its middleware and web services portfolios. With
this extension, IBM and Sun continue to promote and re-affirm the value and
necessity of Java compatibility across platforms and demonstrate that both
companies are committed to Java innovation.
"As a user of both IBM and Sun technologies, Reuters is excited by this
announcement.

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Sun Microsystems , Inc.

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Y. and SAN FRANCISCO, JavaOne(SM) Developer Conference, Renewing its commitment to collaboration on the Java
(TM) platform, IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon
an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Features include an integrated debugger; console
redirection; highly configurable POST; manufacturing mode; ROM, RAM, and
Flash file systems; support for a host of industry initiatives; and much
more.

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In addition, IBM will also
expand its role to become a channel partner in delivering Java compatible
products for the embedded market to Sun's Java technology licensees.
General Software, Inc. The applications include Boot Security , for ensuring
device and application integrity, Platform Update Facility for manually or
remotely installing new firmware, OS or user application images, and a High
Availability Monitor which is capable of detecting and responding to OS and
user application failures.

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"Solaris is a core component of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
infrastructure and we rely on a number of IBM middleware products to run our
business," said Richard Ward, executive director, Technical Services,
Philadelphia Stock Exchange. AMD, Opteron, the AMD
logo, the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced
Micro Devices.

PRESS RELEASE General Software Announces Embedded BIOS(R) 2000 Support for the Intel Mobile 915GM Express Chipset

The new support module
from General Software enables users of Embedded BIOS 2000 to quickly
migrate to this new chip set and deploy products," said Steve Dearden,
General Software's vice president of sales and marketing. Embedded BIOS 2000 addresses the entire lifecycle of embedded
products, from board bring-up, configuration prototyping, testing with
system diagnostics, and product manufacturing to in-field diagnostics and
software reload.

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"That Sun and IBM are coming together and porting
key applications onto Solaris is a major step forward -- one that will allow
us to deliver increased value to customers. provides superior embedded x86 firmware solutions
and world-class support for OEM manufacturers of telecommunications, data
communications , consumer electronics, dedicated servers, and other
specialized computing devices.

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Development licenses are $7500. Embedded BIOS 2000 supports industry-standard operating systems that
run on PC-compatible hardware, including the full spectrum of Windows,
Linux, and real-time operating systems.

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A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets.com/news ."

The support module is offered as an option for Embedded BIOS 2000, the
world's most configurable BIOS development kit. The module is available
for immediate shipment.

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Sun and IBM will also continue to
advance and enhance the development of Java technology through the
collaborative Java Community Process (JCP) (SM).
Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the
forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age.

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Based on that interest, we have decided to
port our key middleware products to Solaris 10 on Intel/AMD systems. As a result, customers will be able to take advantage of key
features of Solaris 10, including Dynamic Tracing, Solaris Containers and
Predictive Self Healing on any architecture , while protecting their investment
in IBM software.

Customers Laud Porting Agreement
Customers from multiple industries have voiced support for IBM
applications running on the Solaris 10 OS.parkinson@sun., the leading supplier
of embedded x86 firmware solutions, today introduced a support module for
the Mobile Intel 915GM Express chipset. The 915GM Express support module includes
full implementation for the chipset's important features, including all
power management modes , PCI Express graphics, Intel High Definition Audio
and support for DDR2 memory devices.

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About the Firmware Application Suite

The Firmware Application Suite is an integrated set of prewritten
applications employing Firmbase Technology that provide important device
management functions .

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(Nasdaq: SUNW), founder and lead
advocate for Java technology, today announced a 10-year extension to their
Java technology agreement, designed to provide long-term stability to the
almost 4. Open technologies like Java
and Solaris lower barriers to network participation and, together, form the
world's most advanced platform for Internet service development and
deployment," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer,
Sun Microsystems, Inc. We have been supporting Solaris as an operating system for
many years. It supplies the user-level security for the BIOS and
for firmware applications which do not run under OS control. For more information about General
Software and its embedded firmware, visit http://www.

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"This agreement helps assure that IBM customers can continue to benefit
from Java," said Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive, IBM
Software Group."

IBM Agrees to Port Middleware to Solaris 10
Additionally, in response to customer demand, IBM will broaden support of
its DB2, Rational, Tivoli and WebSphere software to include the Solaris 10 OS
on x64 AMD Opteron (TM)-based platforms. The availability of Tivoli software components across Sun's
entire Solaris product line will allow Reuters to retain the robustness of
Solaris on lower-cost platforms while utilizing our existing skills in Solaris
and Tivoli so reducing our total cost of ownership," said Barry Woodward,
global head of Infrastructure Development and Networks, Reuters.

About Embedded BIOS 2000

Embedded BIOS 2000 is the leading BIOS SDK for embedded x86 designs, with
over 800 OEM-customizable configuration parameters , support for multiple
embedded operating systems, and support for major OS and hardware
initiatives .

About Firmbase Technology

Firmbase Technology is General Software's patented 32-bit firmware
infrastructure that contributes the surety and trust expected from firmware
applications.