<s>
Integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
that	O
combines	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
functions	O
of	O
many	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
programs	O
into	O
one	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
genre	O
has	O
been	O
largely	O
overshadowed	O
by	O
fully	O
functional	O
office	O
suites	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
but	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
was	O
considered	O
the	O
"	O
killer	O
application	O
"	O
type	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
rise	O
and	O
dominance	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
the	O
desktop	O
business	O
computing	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
before	O
GUIs	B-Application
became	O
common	O
,	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
were	O
text-only	O
and	O
were	O
operated	O
mostly	O
by	O
function	B-Application
key	I-Application
and	O
modifier	B-Device
key	I-Device
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
were	O
loaded	O
from	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
making	O
it	O
very	O
slow	O
and	O
inconvenient	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
programs	O
and	O
difficult	O
or	O
impossible	O
to	O
exchange	O
data	O
between	O
them	O
(	O
to	O
transfer	O
the	O
results	O
from	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
to	O
a	O
word	O
processor	O
document	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
convenience	O
of	O
an	O
all-in-one	O
purchase	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
greater	O
ease-of-use	O
made	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
attractive	O
to	O
home	O
markets	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Vizastar	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Jane	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
were	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
most	O
popular	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
even	O
produced	O
the	O
Plus/4	B-Operating_System
computer	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
integrated	O
suite	O
built	O
into	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Context	B-Language
MBA	I-Language
was	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
database	O
,	O
chart-making	O
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
for	O
portability	O
,	O
it	O
ran	O
slowly	O
on	O
the	O
relatively	O
underpowered	O
systems	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
which	O
followed	O
it	O
,	O
had	O
fewer	O
functions	O
but	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
x86	B-Operating_System
assembler	O
,	O
providing	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
speed	O
advantage	O
that	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
predominant	O
business	O
application	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
asked	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
"	O
Why	O
should	O
owners	O
of	O
advanced	O
,	O
multifunction	O
business	O
programs	O
that	O
are	O
supposedly	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
that	O
claim	O
to	O
solve	O
all	O
problems	O
be	O
compelled	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
utility	O
like	O
Sidekick	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
Framework	B-Application
and	O
Symphony	B-Application
represented	O
the	O
peak	O
of	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
,	O
amid	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
genre	O
's	O
viability	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	B-Application
on	O
a	O
Macintosh	O
or	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
,	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
and	O
typically	O
enforcing	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
guidelines	I-Application
for	O
developers	O
,	O
enjoyed	O
much	O
greater	O
consistency	O
between	O
standalone	O
applications	O
,	O
removing	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
motivations	O
behind	O
integrated	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
stated	O
in	O
1985	O
that	O
hardware	O
limited	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
all-in-one	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
simultaneously	O
using	O
multiple	O
applications	O
like	O
Excel	B-Application
under	O
Switcher	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
—	O
with	O
common	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
and	O
ability	O
to	O
share	O
data	O
—	O
was	O
preferable	O
to	O
"	O
fully	O
integrated	O
"	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Old	O
hands	O
looking	O
for	O
an	O
improved	O
text	O
editor	O
may	O
not	O
care	O
to	O
change	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newcomers	O
almost	O
certainly	O
wo	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
learn	O
about	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
databases	O
,	O
text	O
editors	O
,	O
and	O
communications	O
all	O
at	O
once.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
said	O
in	O
1993	O
that	O
"	O
reports	O
of	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
Windows	O
have	O
been	O
greatly	O
exaggerated	O
"	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
realities	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
market	O
considerations	O
made	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
still	O
attractive	O
to	O
notebook	O
owners	O
,	O
home	O
and	O
small-business	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
developed	O
its	O
own	O
suite	O
,	O
Works	B-Application
,	O
for	O
such	O
customers	O
,	O
with	O
Claris	O
's	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
of	O
standalone	O
products	O
introduced	O
integrated	O
versions	O
with	O
additional	O
abilities	O
like	O
Wordperfect	O
Works	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
earlier	O
competitor	O
to	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
made	O
by	O
Beagle	O
Bros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1990s	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
the	O
office	O
suite	O
concept	O
exemplified	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
the	O
2010s	O
,	O
which	O
resemble	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
but	O
involve	O
more	O
complex	O
software	O
with	O
greater	O
abilities	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
,	O
are	O
also	O
sold	O
as	O
standalone	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
