<s>
OfficeVision	O
was	O
an	O
IBM	O
proprietary	B-Application
office	O
support	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVision	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
VM	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
named	O
PROFS	B-Application
(	O
for	O
PRofessional	O
OFfice	O
System	O
)	O
and	O
was	O
initially	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
PROFS	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
Poughkeepsie	O
,	O
NY	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Amoco	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
prototype	O
developed	O
years	O
earlier	O
by	O
Paul	O
Gardner	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
XEDIT	B-Application
was	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
processing	O
function	O
in	O
PROFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PROFS	B-Application
itself	O
had	O
descended	O
from	O
OFS	O
(	O
Office	O
System	O
)	O
developed	O
also	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
laboratory	O
and	O
first	O
installed	O
in	O
October	O
1974	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1981	O
,	O
IBM	O
's	O
Poughkeepsie	O
site	O
had	O
over	O
500	O
PROFS	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
IBM	O
introduced	O
release	O
2	O
of	O
PROFS	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
auxiliary	O
software	O
to	O
enable	O
document	O
interchange	O
between	O
PROFS	B-Application
,	O
DISOSS	B-Application
,	O
Displaywriter	B-Protocol
,	O
IBM	B-Device
8100	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
5520	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PROFS	B-Application
and	O
its	O
e-mail	O
component	O
,	O
known	O
colloquially	O
as	O
PROFS	B-Application
Notes	O
,	O
featured	O
prominently	O
in	O
the	O
investigation	O
of	O
the	O
Iran-Contra	O
scandal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
wholly	O
different	O
systems	O
also	O
shared	O
the	O
OfficeVision	O
name	O
:	O
OfficeVision/MVS	O
originated	O
from	O
IBM	B-Application
DISOSS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OfficeVision/400	O
from	O
IBM	B-Application
Office/36	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
European	O
Networking	O
Center	O
(	O
ENC	O
)	O
in	O
Heidelberg	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
developed	O
prototype	O
extensions	O
to	O
OfficeVision/VM	O
to	O
support	O
Open	O
Document	O
Architecture	O
(	O
ODA	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
a	O
converter	O
between	O
ODA	O
and	O
Document	B-Application
Content	I-Application
Architecture	I-Application
(	O
DCA	O
)	O
document	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVision/VM	O
ran	O
on	O
IBM	O
's	O
VM	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
CMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVison/MVS	O
(	O
OV/MVS	O
)	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	O
MVS	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
on	O
the	O
System/370	B-Device
and	O
System/390	B-Device
IBM	B-Device
mainframe	I-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVision/400	O
(	O
OV/400	O
)	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
AS/400	I-Device
midrange	O
(	O
mini	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
an	O
OfficeVision	O
system	O
(	O
which	O
ever	O
the	O
platform	O
)	O
provided	O
e-mail	O
,	O
shared	O
calendars	O
,	O
and	O
shared	O
document	O
storage	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
provided	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
integrate	O
word	O
processing	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Displaywrite/370	B-Protocol
and/or	O
the	O
Document	B-Application
Composition	I-Application
Facility	I-Application
(	O
DCF/SCRIPT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVision/VM	O
for	O
the	O
Far	O
Eastern	O
languages	O
of	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Korean	O
and	O
Chinese	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
different	O
evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originated	O
from	O
IBM	O
Office	O
and	O
Document	O
Control	O
System	O
(	O
ODPS	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
DBCS-enabled	O
porting	O
from	O
PROFS	B-Application
,	O
plus	O
document	O
edit	O
,	O
store	O
and	O
search	O
functions	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Displaywrite/370	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
integrated	O
office	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
Asian	O
languages	O
,	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
IBM	O
's	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
under	O
VM	B-Application
,	O
offering	O
such	O
functions	O
as	O
email	O
,	O
calendar	O
,	O
and	O
document	O
processing	O
&	O
storing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
ODPS	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
as	O
IBM	O
OfficeVision/VM	O
and	O
its	O
MVS	B-Application
version	O
(	O
using	O
DISOSS	B-Application
)	O
was	O
not	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
IBM	O
's	O
buyout	O
of	O
Lotus	O
Development	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
ODPS	O
users	O
were	O
recommended	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
ODPS	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
IBM	O
Tokyo	O
Programming	O
Center	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Kawasaki	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
later	O
absorbed	O
into	O
IBM	O
Yamato	O
Development	O
Laboratory	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
IBM	O
Dallas	O
Programming	O
Center	O
in	O
Westlake	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
U.S.	O
,	O
where	O
PROFS	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
programming	O
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	O
Support	O
Program	O
,	O
or	O
OFSP	O
,	O
was	O
PROFS	B-Application
enabled	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
Double	O
Byte	O
Character	O
Set	O
of	O
the	O
Asian	O
languages	O
and	O
added	O
some	O
more	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
handle	O
email	O
,	O
address	O
,	O
scheduling	O
,	O
storing/search/distribution	O
of	O
documents	O
,	O
and	O
switch	O
to	O
PROFS	B-Application
in	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Document	O
Composition	O
Program	O
,	O
or	O
DCP	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
porting	O
from	O
Document	B-Application
Composition	I-Application
Facility	I-Application
,	O
enabled	O
for	O
processing	O
the	O
Double	O
Byte	O
Character	O
Sets	O
with	O
additional	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
preparation	O
and	O
printing	O
of	O
documents	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
SCRIPT-type	O
editing	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Document	O
Composition	O
Program/Workstation	O
allowed	O
preparation	O
of	O
documents	O
on	O
IBM	B-Device
5550	I-Device
,	O
PS/55	O
and	O
other	O
"	O
workstations	O
"	O
(	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
)	O
,	O
that	O
offered	O
IBM	O
Kanji	O
System	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
the	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
paradigm	I-Operating_System
changed	O
the	O
way	O
organizations	O
looked	O
at	O
office	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
office	O
users	O
wanted	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
initial	O
answer	O
was	O
OfficeVision/2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
along	O
side	O
it	O
's	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
computers	O
including	O
PS/2	B-Device
,	O
AS/400	B-Device
and	O
ES/390	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
server-requestor	O
system	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
strategic	O
implementation	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
Systems	B-Device
Application	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
,	O
as	O
said	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
VM	B-Application
,	O
MVS	B-Application
(	O
XA	O
or	O
ESA	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
OS/400	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
requester	O
required	O
OS/2	B-Application
Extended	O
Edition	O
running	O
on	O
IBM	B-Device
PS/2	I-Device
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
or	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
deliver	O
the	O
Workplace	B-Device
Shell	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
OfficeVision/2	O
LAN	O
product	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
1991	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
OS/2	B-Application
2.0	O
instead	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
last	O
week	O
said	O
some	O
features	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
to	O
ship	O
in	O
OfficeVision/2	O
LAN	O
will	O
be	O
bundled	O
into	O
the	O
current	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
will	O
be	O
either	O
integrated	O
into	O
OS/2	B-Application
or	O
delayed	O
indefinitely	O
...	O
IBM	O
's	O
Workplace	B-Device
Shell	I-Device
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
is	O
being	O
lifted	O
from	O
OfficeVision/2	O
LAN	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
OS/2	B-Application
0	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
and	O
Lotus	B-Application
cc:Mail	I-Application
as	O
an	O
OfficeVision/2	O
replacement	O
,	O
IBM	O
began	O
to	O
resell	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
IBM	O
solved	O
its	O
OfficeVision	O
problems	O
through	O
the	O
hostile	O
takeover	O
of	O
Lotus	O
Software	O
for	O
its	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
product	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
popular	O
products	O
for	O
business	O
e-mail	O
and	O
calendaring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
discontinued	O
support	O
of	O
OfficeVision/VM	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
recommended	O
that	O
its	O
OfficeVision/VM	O
customers	O
migrate	O
to	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
and	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Domino	I-Operating_System
environments	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
offered	O
migration	O
tools	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
assist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guy	O
Dehond	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
beta-testers	O
of	O
the	O
AS/400	B-Device
,	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
migration	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
OfficeVision/MVS	O
remained	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
until	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
still	O
supported	O
until	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
was	O
another	O
migration	O
option	O
for	O
OfficeVision/VM	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OfficeVision/MVS	O
runs	O
on	O
IBM	O
's	O
z/OS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
