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SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ:SUNW) today announced that full conference attendees of the SunNetwork(SM) 2003 Conference will receive instant ROI on the attendance fee, including complimentary software and next-generation technology solutions, and hands-on demonstrations designed to create cost savings and simplication of network computing. For attendees interested in career management advice, special guest John Cleese, star of Monty Python's Flying Circus, will keynote Thursday, September 18 on "The Importance of Taking Risks (or How to Screw Up without Getting Fired)." The SunNetwork Conference runs September 16-18, at the San Francisco Moscone Center. Technology Summit Pays For Itself Ten-Fold: -- Attendees will receive a complimentary version of the Sun(TM) Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Web Services Platform Developer Edition, the Sun ONE Starter Kit and more. The complimentary software set is valued at more than $5000 and provides Sun's customers and developers with the most complete and integrated environment to quickly create Java(TM) Web services solutions. -- Sun will deliver its third quarterly innovation payout of technologies and solutions, designed to take cost and complexity out of building running and evolving network computing, including Project Orion, N1 technology, Mad Hatter and systems that slash acquisition cost, while delivering uncompromising performance. -- In addition to more than 200 business, technical and customer sessions, the Pavilion will host more than 300 technology demonstrations from today's most innovative technology companies. Hands-on labs also will be available for attendees seeking to get first hand experience with software development, deployment and performance tuning. Topics include: Secure Mobile Development Using Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME(TM)) and Java Card Technology; building Web services using the Sun ONE stack; and Solaris(TM) Performance Tuning and Tips for developers and system administrators. -- In the conference's closing keynote, John Cleese will offer tips and tricks on how to succeed -- in business and in life -- arguing that unless we have a more positive and constructive attitude towards the possibility of making mistakes, we will be behaving unscientifically and making success harder to achieve. How to Register for SunNetwork 2003 More information and registration for SunNetwork 2003 is available online at http://sun.com/sunnetwork or by calling 877-662-7485 (U.S. and Canada) or 650-762-2775 (international). Registration before September 13 is $695 and on-site registration is $795.