IBM ODPS was developed in IBM Tokyo ProgramingProgramming Center, located in [[Kawasaki, Japan]], later absorbed into [[IBM Yamato Facility#IBM Yamato Development Laboratory|IBM Yamato Development Laboratory]], in conjunction with IBM Dallas Programming Center in [[Westlake, Texas]], [[U.S.A.]], where PROFS was developed, and other programming centers. It first became available in 1984 for [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and then was translated into [[Korean language|Korean]] by IBM Korea and into [[Traditional Chinese]] by IBM Taiwan. It was not translated into [[Simplified Chinese]] for mainland China.
