Former Macintosh Pioneer, NeXT Cofounder and Sun Software Executive to Lead
Technology Direction and Innovation for the Sun-Netscape Alliance
PALO ALTO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sun-
Netscape Alliance today announced that Guy "Bud" Tribble has been appointed
Chief Technology Officer. A renowned industry visionary and user interface
design expert, Dr. Tribble will lead the Alliance's technology direction while
remaining focused on delivering products and services that accelerate the
rapid move of business to the Net Economy.
"Bud Tribble is the perfect choice to help guide our mission of helping
businesses thrive and compete in the Net Economy," said Mark Tolliver,
President and General Manager, Sun-Netscape Alliance. "Bud has been at the
forefront of several major technology revolutions, driving new uses of
technology to better serve the needs of businesses and end users. Alliance
customers will get to experience the results of his vision and creativity
through easy-to-use, end-to-end enterprise and e-Commerce solutions."
Prior to his appointment as Chief Technology Officer of the Sun-Netscape
Alliance, Dr. Tribble served as vice president of Architecture and Technology
for the Consumer & Embedded division of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Before joining
Sun, he co-founded NeXT Computer, Inc. and spent seven years as its vice
president of Software Engineering, where he was the key architect of the
NEXTSTEP operating system. In addition, Dr. Tribble ran the software
engineering group at Apple Computer, Inc. during the development of the
Macintosh computer.
Dr. Tribble earned a B.A. degree in biophysics at the University of
California, San Diego and a M.D. and Ph.D. in neurophysiology at the
University of Washington.
About the Sun-Netscape Alliance
America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW)
formed the Sun-Netscape Alliance to provide easy to deploy, comprehensive
enterprise and e-commerce solutions to business partners and other companies
competing in today's Net Economy. The alliance product portfolio provides
customers with the industry's most scalable, integrated infrastructure
software and a family of production ready e-commerce applications. The
products are offered on the industry's most widely available product
platforms, including DEC, HP, IBM, Linux, SGI, Microsoft Windows, and Sun. The
alliance software product portfolio includes messaging and calendar,
collaboration, web, application, directory, and certificate servers. The
alliance also offers a family of production-ready applications for e-commerce,
including commerce exchange, procurement, selling, and billing.
About America Online, Inc.
Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the
world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and
e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates two worldwide Internet
services, America Online, with more than 17 million members, and CompuServe,
with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands
including ICQ and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM
portals; and the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers. Through its
strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the Company develops and offers
easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies
operating in the Net Economy.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The
Computer(Tm)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a
leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing
enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more
than $11 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150
countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.
NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo , and The Network is the
Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the United States and other countries.
Netscape is a registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation
in the United States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names,
and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation,
which may be registered in other countries. Other product and brand names are
trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Sun-Netscape Alliance
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