<s>
Productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
personal	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
or	O
office	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
)	O
is	O
application	O
software	O
used	O
for	O
producing	O
information	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
documents	O
,	O
presentations	O
,	O
worksheets	O
,	O
databases	O
,	O
charts	O
,	O
graphs	O
,	O
digital	O
paintings	O
,	O
electronic	O
music	O
and	O
digital	O
video	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
names	O
arose	O
from	O
it	O
increasing	O
productivity	O
,	O
especially	O
of	O
individual	O
office	O
workers	O
,	O
from	O
typists	B-General_Concept
to	O
knowledge	O
workers	O
,	O
although	O
its	O
scope	O
is	O
now	O
wider	O
than	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	O
suites	O
,	O
which	O
brought	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
programs	O
to	O
the	O
desktop	B-Device
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
are	O
the	O
core	O
example	O
of	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
some	O
78%	O
of	O
"	O
middle-skill	O
"	O
occupations	O
(	O
those	O
that	O
call	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
high	O
school	O
diploma	O
but	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
bachelor	O
's	O
degree	O
)	O
now	O
require	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2010s	O
,	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
has	O
become	O
even	O
more	O
consumerized	B-General_Concept
than	O
it	O
already	O
was	O
,	O
as	O
computing	O
becomes	O
ever	O
more	O
integrated	O
into	O
daily	O
personal	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
traditionally	O
runs	O
directly	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
Plus/4	I-Operating_System
model	O
of	O
computer	O
contained	O
in	O
ROM	B-Device
for	O
applications	O
of	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
reasons	O
people	O
use	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
office	O
suite	O
is	O
a	O
bundle	O
of	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
a	O
software	B-Application
suite	I-Application
)	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
office	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
components	O
are	O
generally	O
distributed	O
together	O
,	O
have	O
a	O
consistent	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
usually	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
sometimes	O
in	O
ways	O
that	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
would	O
not	O
normally	O
allow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
was	O
MicroPro	B-Application
International	O
's	O
StarBurst	B-Application
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
comprising	O
the	O
WordStar	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
CalcStar	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
and	O
the	O
DataStar	O
database	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
suites	O
arose	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
came	O
to	O
dominate	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
a	O
position	O
it	O
retains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
faced	O
with	O
such	O
potential	O
savings	O
,	O
customers	O
could	O
be	O
"	O
tempted	O
by	O
the	O
suite	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
product	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
1994	O
more	O
than	O
60	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Word	O
and	O
around	O
70	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Excel	O
were	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
sales	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
considerations	O
had	O
an	O
impact	O
on	O
vendors	O
of	O
individual	O
applications	O
,	O
often	O
smaller	O
companies	O
,	O
raising	O
concerns	O
that	O
office	O
suites	O
were	O
"	O
stifling	O
innovation	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
established	O
vendors	O
such	O
as	O
Borland	O
and	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
were	O
having	O
to	O
adapt	O
to	O
the	O
suite	O
phenomenon	O
,	O
Borland	O
ultimately	O
deciding	O
to	O
sell	O
its	O
Quattro	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
spreadsheet	B-Application
to	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
as	O
the	O
latter	O
sought	O
to	O
assemble	O
its	O
own	O
suite	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
view	O
was	O
that	O
component-based	O
software	O
would	O
eventually	O
emerge	O
,	O
focusing	O
development	O
on	O
more	O
specialised	O
components	O
used	O
by	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
empowering	O
"	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
third-party	O
developers	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
a	O
"	O
mix	O
and	O
match	O
"	O
approach	O
of	O
such	O
components	O
would	O
adapt	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
way	O
of	O
working	O
.	O
</s>
