<s>
Ovation	B-Application
Technologies	O
was	O
a	O
short-lived	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
Canton	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
1982	O
to	O
create	O
business	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
the	O
then-emerging	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
compatible	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
intended	O
product	O
,	O
also	O
named	O
"	O
Ovation	B-Application
"	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
suite	O
aiming	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
the	O
industry	O
leader	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
raised	O
several	O
million	O
in	O
capital	O
and	O
secured	O
a	O
distribution	O
agreement	O
with	O
Tandy	O
Corporation	O
,	O
including	O
co-marketing	O
with	O
their	O
line	O
of	O
Tandy	B-Device
2000	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Ovation	B-Application
"	O
project	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
chief	O
software	O
designer	O
Robert	O
Kutnik	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ovation	B-Application
's	O
most	O
enduring	O
claim	O
to	O
fame	O
may	O
be	O
as	O
what	O
many	O
consider	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
industry	O
's	O
first	O
widely	O
publicized	O
and	O
"	O
most	O
notorious	O
"	O
example	O
of	O
vaporware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
