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Source: Loren Bandiera, http://catbert.istar.ca/os2/
Reply-to: lorenb@inforamp.net
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[11/03/97] - Lotus 'Kona' 

     Lotus has been working on a Java suite of applications, code-named
'Kona' and today they introduced it as 'eSuite'. eSuite will ship in
1Q98, and comes in two versions. eSuite Workplace provides a desktop
environment for Web browsing, terminal emulation and accessing the
business components, which comprise a word processor, E-mail,
spreadsheet, calendar, chart, presentation graphics and address book.
eSuite DevPack provides tools for developers that want to create
Java-based applications. 

     Companies pledging to resell or distribute eSuite, formerly
code-named Kona, include IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp.,
America Online Inc., Novell Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. and
Intel Corp. 

     Pricing will be: single-user version of eSuite Workplace is $49,
and an unlimited-user version for servers is $1,495. 

     Now would be a good time for IBM to harp on how good OS/2's Java
environment is, considering how  much support this product is
gathering. 

     More information available at PCWeek
	(http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/1103/03mkona.html)

(** Moderator's note: Loren mentions that Kona is also mentioned in
BusinessWeek (http://www.businessweek.com/1997/45/b3552092.htm), and
Randy Best of OS/2 Warp on the 'Net (http://www.nfwa.com/os2/ tells us
that Kona has its own home page at http://kona.lotus.com **)

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