Digital Equipment Corporation will participate in the project as a major industrial partner (Letter of Support C). It will participate in the design process and Design Review Team, and contribute a full-time engineer as part of the cost-sharing of the project. In the first year, DEC will provide a major hardware donation as the initial foundation of the testbed, and access to its state-of-the-art software in database management and distributed systems. In subsequent years, DEC expects to make further hardware donations. DEC is the major sponsor of the Sequoia/2000 project, and its participation, along with that of UCSB's CRSEO, will ensure full access to Sequoia's scientific results and technology.