<s>
Context	B-Language
MBA	I-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	B-Application
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
providing	O
five	O
functions	O
in	O
one	O
program	O
:	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
database	O
,	O
charting	O
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
communication	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Context	O
Management	O
Systems	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
computer	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
9000	O
/	O
200	O
series	O
computers	O
running	O
Rocky	O
Mountain	O
BASIC	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
platform	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
,	O
it	O
was	O
easy	O
to	O
port	O
to	O
different	O
platforms	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
so	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
performance	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
critical	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
given	O
the	O
limited	O
amount	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
processing	O
power	O
,	O
and	O
disk	O
I/O	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
soon	O
overtaken	O
by	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
a	O
more	O
limited	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
written	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
yielding	O
much	O
better	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
stated	O
in	O
June	O
1983	O
that	O
Context	B-Language
MBA	I-Language
"	O
still	O
runs	O
too	O
slowly	O
for	O
a	O
person	O
accustomed	O
to	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
a	O
microcomputer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
found	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
the	O
best	O
application	B-Application
of	O
the	O
suite	O
,	O
describing	O
the	O
database	O
as	O
"	O
amazingly	O
slow	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
text	O
editor	O
as	O
"	O
clumsy	O
and	O
confusing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
concluded	O
that	O
Context	B-Language
MBA	I-Language
"	O
fails	O
in	O
two	O
areas	O
...	O
UCSD	B-Language
p-System	I-Language
simply	O
does	O
not	O
produce	O
good	O
code	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
confusing	O
,	O
heavily	O
modal	B-General_Concept
user	I-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
