Editing Collaborative software (section)

===Groupware===
Collaborative software was originally designated as ''groupware'' and this term can be traced as far back as the late 1980s, when Richman and Slovak (1987)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richman|first1= Louis S |last2= Slovak |first2=Julianne |date=June 8, 1987 |title= SOFTWARE CATCHES THE TEAM SPIRIT New computer programs may soon change the way groups of people work together -- and start delivering the long-awaited payoff from office automation.fouttoune |publisher=Money.cnn.com |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/08/69109/index.htm}}</ref> wrote: "Like an electronic sinew that binds teams together, the new ''groupware'' aims to place the computer squarely in the middle of communications among managers, technicians, and anyone else who interacts in groups, revolutionizing the way they work."

In 1978, Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz coined the term groupware; their initial 1978 definition of groupware was, "intentional group processes plus software to support them." Later in their article they went on to explain groupware as "computer-mediated culture... an embodiment of social organization in hyperspace." Groupware integrates co-evolving human and tool systems, yet is simply a single system.<ref name="Johnson-Lenz">{{cite web|url=http://nexus.awakentech.com:8080/at/awaken1.nsf/UNIDs/CFB70C1957A686E98825654000699E1B?OpenDocument|title=Rhythms, Boundaries, and Containers|last=Johnson-Lenz|first=Peter|date=30 April 1990|publisher=Awakening Technology|access-date=27 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909120159/http://nexus.awakentech.com:8080/at/awaken1.nsf/UNIDs/CFB70C1957A686E98825654000699E1B?OpenDocument|archive-date=9 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the early 1990s the first commercial groupware products were delivered, and big companies such as [[Boeing]] and [[IBM]] started using electronic meeting systems for key internal projects. [[IBM Lotus Notes|Lotus Notes]] appeared as a major example of that product category, allowing remote group collaboration when the internet was still in its infancy. Kirkpatrick and Losee (1992)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=D. |last2=Losee |first2=S. |date=March 23, 1992 |title= HERE COMES THE PAYOFF FROM PCs New network software lets brainstormers around a table all ''talk'' at once on their keyboards. The result: measurable productivity gains from desktop computing |url= https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/03/23/76204/index.htm | work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> wrote then: "If <small>GROUPWARE </small> really makes a difference in productivity long term, the very definition of an office may change. You will be able to work efficiently as a member of a group wherever you have your computer. As computers become smaller and more powerful, that will mean anywhere." In 1999, Achacoso created and introduced the first wireless groupware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://merysis.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-wireless-groupware-hits-palmtops.html|title=First Wireless Groupware Hits Palmtops: GroupServe Launches its Wireless-Accessible Discussion Service.|date=December 7, 1999|website=merysis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2000/01/31/newscolumn2.html |title=GroupServe gets $1M, new executive director |last=Richardson |first=Jake | work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=January 31, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20000403/carriers/groupserve-markets-quotin-time-communications-quot-to-wireless-business-customers|title=GroupServe markets "in-time communications" to wireless business customers|date=1999-11-30 |website=RCR Wireless News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>