Lotus eSuite WorkPlace

A suite of Java applets developed by Lotus (subsidiary of IBM) in 1996/7 and intended to be a lightweight network centric alternative to the Lotus SmartSuite and other office suites.

The suite was shipped with the IBM Network Station, Sun JavaStation and Oracle's Network Computer.

Features
Basically the suite included a word processor, a presentation graphics app, a spreadsheet and a database application in addition to a small set of utility and communication programs that allowed the suite to access "legacy" applications and systems ranging from MS Windows PCs to mainframes.

The applications were not intended for power users and had feature sets that were squarely aimed at use on networked equipment such as thin clients, for instance the database application did not contain a database engine but rather had a Lotus Approach like front end that could be used to develop applications for SQL backends running on a server.

Licence

 * IBM IPLA

Publications

 * Barry Briggs: Lotus eSuite - IBM Systems Journal Vol 37, No. 3 - Java Technology (G321-0132)

Links

 * 298-065 (1998-02-24) Lotus eSuite WorkPlace for the IBM Network Station