<s>
Applixware	B-Application
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
modular	O
applications	O
edited	O
by	O
Vistasource	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applixware	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Applix	O
,	O
Inc	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
Alis	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
workstations	O
from	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
site	O
licenses	O
were	O
sold	O
for	O
Digital	O
's	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
one	O
to	O
ExxonMobil	O
and	O
one	O
to	O
a	O
brokerage	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applixware	B-Application
's	O
next	O
major	O
project	O
was	O
called	O
Aster*x	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Applixware	B-Application
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
Asterix	B-Application
the	O
comic	O
book	O
hero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
Applixware	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
WYSIWYG	O
word	O
processors	O
available	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
began	O
to	O
emerge	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
Applixware	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
expanded	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
where	O
Applixware	B-Application
was	O
available	O
across	O
the	O
USA	O
as	O
shrink-wrapped	O
software	O
on	O
retail	O
shelves	O
at	O
stores	O
like	O
CompUSA	O
and	O
Micro	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
bought	O
a	O
competing	O
product	O
,	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
and	O
turned	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
OpenOffice	B-Application
software	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
destroyed	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
competing	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
Applixware	B-Application
sales	O
declined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applix	O
Inc	O
.	O
began	O
to	O
seek	O
other	O
software	O
markets	O
,	O
leveraging	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
their	O
scripting	O
engine	O
and	O
flexible	O
architecture	O
to	O
expand	O
into	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
software	O
markets	O
such	O
as	O
OLAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applixware	B-Application
is	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
industrial	O
world	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
developing	O
large	O
scale	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
and	O
glueing	O
together	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Applixware	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
and	O
sold	O
to	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vistasource	O
now	O
offers	O
a	O
freely	O
available	O
limited	O
version	O
for	O
home	O
users	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
