4 ms·

No application software. Went up against Windows 3.

• a-dub 5y ago
  pc market also didn't have much use for X11 then either. i think this even predated xfree86. would be curious if it actually would work with remote x clients on the unix machines of the time. (assuming they had complete X11 implementations)
  • pjmlp 5y ago
    It did, xfree86 was a Linux thing.
  • bboreham 5y ago
    I worked on X11 applications from 1988 to 1992, including Lotus 123 for Motif. Every Unix machine of the day had a complete X11, it was the big thing. The PC market had X servers like Exceed, but in 1990 it was uncommon for a PC to have enough RAM to run DOS, a TCP stack and X11. Also the TCP stack was $400 per seat. As PCs got more powerful, Windows 3 fitted most people’s needs much better, and came with Solitaire.