Office automation software

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Office automation software is a class of software sold initially in the 1980s. The goal of the software was to create a "Paperless Office" and allow groups of workers to share documents and files electronically. Typical packages included a word processing package, file storage, and calendar. Packages were available from a number of companies including:

• IBM - PROFS
• Data General -CEO (Data General)
• Digital Equipment Corporation - All-in-1
• Wang Laboratories - Office Information System

All of these software packages only ran on hardware from the same manufacturer. Furthermore, they usually only supported proprietary file structures and networking. These factors contributed to their decline as software that could run on PC's using standard networking protocols was more attractive to users. By the 2000s most people had replaced their proprietary office automation systems with PC based products.

References

• Review in Software Magazine March 1988

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