Blu-ray Disc Association Welcomes Sun Microsystems as Newest Board Member; Sun's Java Technology Boosts the Many Interactive Features That Set Blu-ray Disc Apart as a Revolutionary Step in Home Entertainment

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that
Sun Microsystems, the creator and leading advocate of Java (TM)
technology, has joined the consortium's Board of Directors.
Sun joins the growing list of computing, consumer electronics,
media, manufacturing, gaming and entertainment companies supporting
the Blu-ray Disc platform.
"Blu-ray Disc offers a compelling, interactive entertainment and
gaming platform that leaps substantially past current DVD standards,"
said Alan Brenner, Vice President, Mobility Group of Sun Microsystems.
"We look forward to playing a key role in supporting Blu-ray Disc's
inclusion of the Java platform to provide a unique set of interactive
capabilities that will create new opportunities for content vendors
who use Blu-ray Disc for their movies, games or other content."
"Sun's announcement today is another example of the tremendous
support for Blu-ray Disc," said Victor Matsuda, Vice/President/Chair,
Blu-ray Disc Association's Global Promotion Committee, Sony
Corporation of America. "Sun has already played a key role in the
powerful new interactive features that set Blu-ray apart, and we look
forward to working with them as we bring this revolutionary new disc
format to consumers."

About Blu-ray Disc: Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc
format being developed for high-definition video and high-capacity
software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25
gigabytes of data and a double-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50
gigabytes of data.

About the Blu-ray Disc Association: The Blu-ray Disc Association
(BDA) is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting
and further developing business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc -- the
next-generation optical disc for storing high-definition movies,
games, photos and other digital content. The BDA has more than 170
members. Its Board of Directors consists of Apple, Dell Inc.; HP;
Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation;
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips
Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony
Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson; Twentieth Century Fox; Walt
Disney Pictures and Television and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.:

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides
Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most
important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building
communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the
Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on
the Web at sun.com.
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