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To: A. Reader who wrote (1057)	9/8/1999 7:11:00 AM
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Lesson's of a waylaid 'giant-slayer' As some swoon over Linux, others recall the hype over Java ....But it hasn't worked out that way. Corel killed its Java office suite, and while Lotus officials refuse to provide confirmation, several computer-industry publications have reported that eSuite is also getting the ax. Indeed, it's difficult to find any major Java programs on business or home desktop computers. No big deal, says Sun's vice president of software marketing, George Paolini. ''It hasn't happened because it hasn't needed to happen,'' he says. ''There's no reason to rewrite an entire office suite in Java...." boston.com