Sun introduces new line

Sun will be announcing the release, on Tuesday, of a new line of work stations called Darwin. These stations will be designed to compete with the burgeoning NT boxes which are making serious inroads into the workstation area, a traditional Sun stronghold. Sun is hoping that they can hold off the sapping of UNIX boxes from this arena. UNIX box sales have been slipping recently, and it is expected that they will slip a further 70,000 this year, bringing the total sales to a 590,000 that will most likely be sold this year.