"Over the past few years, Inprise, as a Sun partner, has worked with us on a number of projects. We consider JBuilder to be one of the leading tools for enterprise Java development," said Mike Clary, General Manager, Jini Technology, Sun Microsystems. "JBuilder's stellar support for many Java programming technologies, including JavaBeans, RMI, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), has made a broad impact in the adoption of those technologies by the programming community. We think that JBuilder's support for Jini technology will be instrumental again, in helping accelerate delivery of new kinds of connected applications for the Internet and Wide Area Networks."

"Inprise is excited about the capabilities that JBuilder can provide in developing Jini™ technology applications," said Rick LeFaivre, senior vice president of research and development at Inprise Corporation. "Our customers have chosen JBuilder to write enterprise applications that use 100% pure Java, EJBs, and CORBA."

According to LeFaivre, "The challenge facing the industry now is to be highly productive at using Jini™ technology for 'dialtone' applications integrating PersonalJava™ and EmbeddedJava™ devices into the Internet-connected universe, including Enterprise backplanes. Over time we are planning on adding functionality to JBuilder to make it the single programming tool necessary to program the entire spectrum of Java. The new Jini technology capabilities in JBuilder will be the first manifestation of that."

About Jini™ technology
Jini is a connective technology that dramatically expands the power of Java technology. Jini technology enables spontaneous networking of a wide variety of hardware and software - anything that can be connected. Jini allows people to use networked devices and services as simply as using a phone -- plug-and-participate via a network dialtone. The goal of Jini is to dramatically simplify interaction with networks. With Jini, a disk is not a peripheral to a computer, but a type of storage service to the network. Jini consists of a small amount of Java code in class library form and some conventions to create a "federation" of Java virtual machines on the network, similar to the creation of a community today. Network citizens such as people, devices, data, and applications within this federation are dynamically connected to share information and perform tasks.

About JBuilder
JBuilder is Inprise Corporation's award-winning family of comprehensive visual development tools for creating pure Java business and database applications for the enterprise. The JBuilder product family features fast and easy JavaBean component creation, a scalable database architecture, robust visual "Two-Way" development tools, and the ability to produce "100% Pure Java" platform-independent applications, applets, servlets, and JavaBeans. The product's open environment supports the Java 2 platform, JDK 1.1.6, JFC/Swing components, JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans, CORBA, RMI, JDBC and all major corporate database servers. JBuilder is the first of the company's development tools to support distributed enterprise application development as part of its flagship Inprise Application Server solution.

For more information on the JBuilder, customers may contact Inprise at 800.233.2444 or visit the JBuilder Web site at http://www.inprise.com/jbuilder/

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer™," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of high-quality hardware, software, and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $9.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.

About Inprise Corporation
Inprise Corporation is a leading provider of software and services that simplify the complexity of enterprise application development, integration, deployment, and management. The company is distinguished for its award-winning family of rapid application development products and for proven scalable middleware. Inprise integrates these offerings with application-management products to provide customers with end-to-end solutions. Inprise customers include leading enterprises and independent software vendors around the world. Founded in 1983, Inprise is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, and has operations around the world. Inprise has more than 900 employees worldwide.