SUN MICROSYSTEMS AWARDED PATENT ON "DOT" IN "DOT COM" San Helifino, CA /DenounceNewswire/ -- October 23, 2000 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) announced today that it the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for the "dot" punctuation mark used in domain names. "Not only are we the dot in dot com," said Scott McNealy, Sun's CEO, "but now we own the dot in dot com." Analysts widely expected the move from the US Patent and Trademark Office, which should bring approximately one trillion dollars in additional annual revenue to Sun over the next seventeen years. "Greed knoweth no bounds," quipped Indu Strypundit, an industry pundit, when asked for a quip regarding this latest announcement from Sun. "Nor does the PTO's stupidity," he added. About Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems is a leading manufacturer of overpriced, high-margin computer equipment and outdated software that's doomed to be dominated by Microsoft on one end and open source on the other. Copyright © 1996-2003 Birdrock Ventures. Denounce is a satire website specializing in false press releases that are meant to neither inform nor educate. All Rights Reserved. No redistribution or copying without written permission from Denounce.com. DENOUNCE is a trademark of Birdrock Ventures.