<s>
MainView	B-Application
,	O
currently	O
advertised	O
as	O
BMC	O
MainView	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	O
produced	O
by	O
BMC	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MainView	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Boole	O
&	O
Babbage	O
as	O
office	B-Application
automation	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
designed	O
specifically	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
IBM	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
processors	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
gained	O
popularity	O
with	O
users	O
being	O
pleased	O
with	O
its	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
however	O
expressed	O
dissatisfaction	O
with	O
its	O
usage	O
of	O
counterfactual	O
history	O
to	O
make	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
following	O
BMC	O
Software	O
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Boole	O
&	O
Babbage	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
MainView	B-Application
by	O
directly	O
integrating	O
it	O
with	O
their	O
IBM	O
hardware	O
products	O
rather	O
than	O
continuing	O
to	O
sell	O
it	O
as	O
specifically	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BMC	O
Software	O
continued	O
to	O
upgrade	O
MainView	B-Application
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
new	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
MainView	B-Application
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
Environments	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Boole	O
&	O
Babbage	O
signed	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Paramount	O
Pictures	O
to	O
license	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
for	O
use	O
in	O
their	O
advertising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
way	O
they	O
used	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
advertise	O
MainView	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
produced	O
a	O
short	O
advertising	O
film	O
titled	O
"	O
The	O
Vision	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Next	I-Application
Generation	I-Application
Commander	O
William	O
Riker	O
(	O
played	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Frakes	O
,	O
with	O
whom	O
B&B	O
also	O
signed	O
a	O
spokesman	O
's	O
deal	O
)	O
using	O
MainView	B-Application
on	O
the	O
bridge	O
of	O
the	O
USS	O
Enterprise	O
to	O
promote	O
MainView	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boole	O
&	O
Babbage	O
also	O
used	O
Frakes	O
to	O
promote	O
MainView	B-Application
in	O
person	O
at	O
the	O
Computer	O
Measurement	O
Group	O
conference	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
announce	O
that	O
MainView	B-Application
would	O
become	O
available	O
for	O
singular	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
later	O
in	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
