8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                 July 11, 1995
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               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):


                             SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                            0-15086                 94-2805249
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                  File Number)            Identification No.)


2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California               94043
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(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (415) 960-1300
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            N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

         On July 10, 1995 the Registrant gave public notice via a press release
announcing that effective as of July 1, 1995, William Hearst III resigned from
Registrant's Board of Directors.  The entire text of the press release issued
by the Registrant is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)         Exhibits

                     99.1   Text of Press Release dated July 10, 1995.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         Date: July 11, 1995           SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.




                                       By:         /s/  MICHAEL H. MORRIS       
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                                                   Michael H. Morris
                                                   Vice President,
                                                   General Counsel and Secretary



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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
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99.1          Text of Press Release dated July 10, 1995.

EX-99.1

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              FOR MORE INFORMATION:
                                   Sun Microsystems Computer Company
                                   Susanne Vagadori  (415) 786-8281


           WILLIAM R. HEARST III RESIGNS FROM SUN BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         MOUNTAIN VIEW, California -- July 10, 1995 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
(SUNW)  announced today that William R. Hearst III has resigned from the
company's board of directors.  Hearst was elected to the board of directors in
1988 and served on the company's compensation committee throughout his tenure.
Recently named general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture
capital firm in Menlo Park, California, Hearst's resignation became effective
on July 1, 1995.

         "Will has been a highly valued member of our board who provided
outstanding service to our company and its shareholders," said Chief Executive
Officer, Scott McNealy.  "Will is a good friend, and we wish him great success
in his new endeavors."  The process for identifying a replacement has been
initiated.

         With revenues in excess of $5 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides
solutions that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing
environments.  Widely recognized as a proponent of open standards, the company
is involved in the design, manufacture and sale of products, technologies and
services for commercial and technical computing.  Sun's SPARC(R) workstations,
multiprocessing servers, SPARC microprocessors, Solaris(R) operating software
and service organization each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry.  Founded in
1982, Sun is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and employs more than
13,000 people in 32 corporate offices worldwide.

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