9	12	Sun	Sun	NNP
13	25	Microsystems	Microsystem	NNPS
26	30	Inc.	Inc.	NNP
30	31	,	,	,
32	40	snapping	snap	VBG
41	45	back	back	RB
46	48	to	to	TO
49	62	profitability	profitability	NN
63	68	after	after	IN
69	72	its	its	PRP$
73	78	first	first	JJ
79	88	quarterly	quarterly	JJ
89	93	loss	loss	NN
94	96	as	as	IN
97	98	a	a	DT
99	105	public	public	JJ
106	110	firm	firm	NN
110	111	,	,	,
112	116	said	say	VBD
117	119	it	it	PRP
120	126	earned	earn	VBD
127	128	$	$	$
128	131	5.2	5.2	CD
132	139	million	million	CD
139	140	,	,	,
141	143	or	or	CC
144	149	seven	seven	CD
150	155	cents	cent	NNS
156	157	a	a	DT
158	163	share	share	NN
163	164	,	,	,
165	167	in	in	IN
168	171	the	the	DT
172	178	fiscal	fiscal	JJ
179	184	first	first	JJ
185	192	quarter	quarter	NN
192	193	.	.	.

196	199	Sun	Sun	NNP
199	200	,	,	,
201	202	a	a	DT
203	208	maker	maker	NN
209	211	of	of	IN
212	220	computer	computer	NN
221	233	workstations	workstation	NNS
233	234	,	,	,
235	243	reported	report	VBD
244	249	sales	sale	NNS
250	252	of	of	IN
253	254	$	$	$
254	259	538.5	538.5	CD
260	267	million	million	CD
268	271	for	for	IN
272	275	the	the	DT
276	283	quarter	quarter	NN
284	289	ended	end	VBN
290	295	Sept.	Sept.	NNP
296	298	29	29	CD
298	299	,	,	,
300	302	up	up	RB
303	305	39	39	CD
305	306	%	%	NN
307	311	from	from	IN
312	313	$	$	$
313	318	388.5	388.5	CD
319	326	million	million	CD
327	328	a	a	DT
329	333	year	year	NN
334	341	earlier	earlier	RBR
341	342	.	.	.

343	345	In	in	IN
346	349	the	the	DT
350	354	1988	1988	CD
355	361	period	period	NN
361	362	,	,	,
363	366	the	the	DT
367	374	company	company	NN
375	381	earned	earn	VBD
382	383	$	$	$
383	387	20.6	20.6	CD
388	395	million	million	CD
395	396	,	,	,
397	399	or	or	CC
400	402	26	26	CD
403	408	cents	cent	NNS
409	410	a	a	DT
411	416	share	share	NN
416	417	.	.	.

420	423	Sun	Sun	NNP
423	425	’s	's	POS
426	433	results	result	NNS
434	438	were	be	VBD
439	447	slightly	slightly	RB
448	454	better	good	JJR
455	459	than	than	IN
460	472	expectations	expectation	NNS
472	473	.	.	.

474	481	Earlier	earlier	RBR
482	486	this	this	DT
487	492	month	month	NN
492	493	,	,	,
494	497	the	the	DT
498	505	company	company	NN
506	510	said	say	VBD
511	513	it	it	PRP
514	522	expected	expect	VBD
523	525	to	to	TO
526	531	break	break	VB
532	536	even	even	RB
537	540	for	for	IN
541	544	the	the	DT
545	552	quarter	quarter	NN
553	555	on	on	IN
556	561	sales	sale	NNS
562	564	of	of	IN
565	566	$	$	$
566	569	530	530	CD
570	577	million	million	CD
577	578	.	.	.

581	583	In	in	IN
584	585	a	a	DT
586	595	statement	statement	NN
595	596	,	,	,
597	602	Scott	Scott	NNP
603	610	McNealy	McNealy	NNP
610	611	,	,	,
612	615	Sun	Sun	NNP
615	617	’s	's	POS
618	623	chief	chief	JJ
624	633	executive	executive	NN
634	641	officer	officer	NN
641	642	,	,	,
643	647	said	say	VBD
648	651	the	the	DT
652	659	company	company	NN
659	661	’s	's	POS
662	673	performance	performance	NN
674	677	was	be	VBD
678	686	hampered	hamper	VBN
687	689	by	by	IN
690	698	problems	problem	NNS
699	703	tied	tie	VBN
704	706	to	to	TO
707	710	the	the	DT
711	723	introduction	introduction	NN
724	726	of	of	IN
727	728	a	a	DT
729	734	major	major	JJ
735	738	new	new	JJ
739	745	family	family	NN
746	748	of	of	IN
749	758	computers	computer	NNS
759	761	in	in	IN
762	767	April	April	NNP
767	768	.	.	.

769	772	One	one	CD
773	775	of	of	IN
776	781	those	those	DT
782	785	new	new	JJ
786	795	computers	computer	NNS
795	796	,	,	,
797	803	called	call	VBN
804	816	Sparcstation	Sparcstation	NNP
817	818	1	1	CD
818	819	,	,	,
820	829	accounted	account	VBD
830	833	for	for	IN
834	840	nearly	nearly	RB
841	845	half	half	NN
846	848	of	of	IN
849	852	the	the	DT
853	859	28,000	28,000	CD
860	867	systems	system	NNS
868	871	Sun	Sun	NNP
872	879	shipped	ship	VBD
880	882	in	in	IN
883	886	the	the	DT
887	894	quarter	quarter	NN
894	895	,	,	,
896	898	he	he	PRP
899	903	said	say	VBD
903	904	.	.	.

905	909	More	more	JJR
910	914	than	than	IN
915	925	two-thirds	two-third	NNS
926	928	of	of	IN
929	932	the	the	DT
933	940	systems	system	NNS
941	948	shipped	ship	VBN
948	949	,	,	,
950	959	meanwhile	meanwhile	RB
959	960	,	,	,
961	965	were	be	VBD
966	974	products	product	NNS
975	985	introduced	introduce	VBN
986	988	in	in	IN
989	994	April	April	NNP
994	995	.	.	.

998	1001	But	but	CC
1002	1010	problems	problem	NNS
1011	1013	in	in	IN
1014	1027	manufacturing	manufacturing	NN
1027	1028	,	,	,
1029	1040	forecasting	forecast	VBG
1041	1047	demand	demand	NN
1048	1051	and	and	CC
1052	1059	getting	get	VBG
1060	1063	the	the	DT
1064	1068	bugs	bug	NNS
1069	1072	out	out	IN
1073	1075	of	of	IN
1076	1077	a	a	DT
1078	1081	new	new	JJ
1082	1092	management	management	NN
1093	1104	information	information	NN
1105	1111	system	system	NN
1112	1116	made	make	VBD
1117	1119	it	it	PRP
1120	1129	extremely	extremely	RB
1130	1139	difficult	difficult	JJ
1140	1143	for	for	IN
1144	1147	Sun	Sun	NNP
1148	1150	to	to	TO
1151	1155	meet	meet	VB
1156	1162	demand	demand	NN
1163	1166	for	for	IN
1167	1170	its	its	PRP$
1171	1177	newest	new	JJS
1178	1187	computers	computer	NNS
1188	1192	well	well	RB
1193	1197	into	into	IN
1198	1201	the	the	DT
1202	1208	summer	summer	NN
1208	1209	.	.	.

1210	1215	These	these	DT
1216	1224	problems	problem	NNS
1225	1229	also	also	RB
1230	1238	resulted	result	VBD
1239	1241	in	in	IN
1242	1245	Sun	Sun	NNP
1246	1255	reporting	report	VBG
1256	1257	a	a	DT
1258	1259	$	$	$
1259	1263	20.3	20.3	CD
1264	1271	million	million	CD
1272	1276	loss	loss	NN
1277	1280	for	for	IN
1281	1284	its	its	PRP$
1285	1291	fourth	fourth	JJ
1292	1299	quarter	quarter	NN
1300	1305	ended	end	VBN
1306	1310	June	June	NNP
1311	1313	30	30	CD
1313	1314	.	.	.

1317	1320	Mr.	Mr.	NNP
1321	1328	McNealy	McNealy	NNP
1329	1333	said	say	VBD
1334	1337	the	the	DT
1338	1344	issues	issue	NNS
1345	1349	that	that	WDT
1350	1354	hurt	hurt	VBP
1355	1358	Sun	Sun	NNP
1358	1360	’s	's	POS
1361	1372	performance	performance	NN
1373	1380	earlier	earlier	RBR
1381	1385	this	this	DT
1386	1390	year	year	NN
1391	1394	are	be	VBP
1395	1398	now	now	RB
1399	1400	“	``	``
1400	1407	largely	largely	RB
1407	1408	”	''	''
1409	1415	behind	behind	IN
1416	1419	the	the	DT
1420	1424	firm	firm	NN
1424	1425	,	,	,
1426	1429	and	and	CC
1430	1432	he	he	PRP
1433	1442	indicated	indicate	VBD
1443	1447	that	that	IN
1448	1451	Sun	Sun	NNP
1451	1453	’s	's	POS
1454	1467	profitability	profitability	NN
1468	1474	should	should	MD
1475	1483	increase	increase	VB
1484	1494	throughout	throughout	IN
1495	1498	the	the	DT
1499	1505	fiscal	fiscal	JJ
1506	1510	year	year	NN
1510	1511	.	.	.

1514	1517	Sun	Sun	NNP
1518	1522	also	also	RB
1523	1531	reported	report	VBD
1532	1533	a	a	DT
1534	1540	record	record	NN
1541	1548	backlog	backlog	NN
1549	1551	of	of	IN
1552	1558	orders	order	NNS
1558	1559	.	.	.

1560	1565	While	while	IN
1566	1570	this	this	DT
1571	1580	indicates	indicate	VBZ
1581	1590	continued	continue	VBN
1591	1597	strong	strong	JJ
1598	1604	demand	demand	NN
1605	1608	for	for	IN
1609	1612	the	the	DT
1613	1620	company	company	NN
1620	1622	’s	's	POS
1623	1631	desk-top	desk-top	JJ
1632	1641	computers	computer	NNS
1641	1642	,	,	,
1643	1646	Sun	Sun	NNP
1647	1652	faces	face	VBZ
1653	1663	increasing	increase	VBG
1664	1675	competition	competition	NN
1676	1680	from	from	IN
1681	1688	Digital	Digital	NNP
1689	1698	Equipment	Equipment	NNP
1699	1704	Corp.	Corp.	NNP
1705	1708	and	and	CC
1709	1724	Hewlett-Packard	Hewlett-Packard	NNP
1725	1728	Co.	Co.	NNP
1729	1737	Recently	Recently	NNP
1737	1738	,	,	,
1739	1747	analysts	analyst	NNS
1748	1752	have	have	VBP
1753	1757	said	say	VBD
1758	1761	Sun	Sun	NNP
1762	1766	also	also	RB
1767	1769	is	be	VBZ
1770	1780	vulnerable	vulnerable	JJ
1781	1783	to	to	TO
1784	1795	competition	competition	NN
1796	1800	from	from	IN
1801	1814	International	International	NNP
1815	1823	Business	Business	NNP
1824	1832	Machines	Machine	NNPS
1833	1838	Corp.	Corp.	NNP
1838	1839	,	,	,
1840	1845	which	which	WDT
1846	1851	plans	plan	VBZ
1852	1854	to	to	TO
1855	1864	introduce	introduce	VB
1865	1866	a	a	DT
1867	1872	group	group	NN
1873	1875	of	of	IN
1876	1888	workstations	workstation	NNS
1889	1894	early	early	RB
1895	1899	next	next	JJ
1900	1904	year	year	NN
1904	1905	,	,	,
1906	1909	and	and	CC
1910	1914	Next	Next	NNP
1915	1918	Inc	Inc	NNP
1918	1919	.	.	.