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The X Window System didn't immediately have X terminals

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110 points zdw | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 03:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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cbm-vic-20 ◴[23 Jun 25 13:41 UTC] No.44355735[source]▶
I recall in the early 90s, X Terminals were useful for accessing applications that were licensed per-machine, or were only available on expensive hardware. X Terminals let users use those applications from anywhere on campus. Very convenient!
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black3r ◴[23 Jun 25 14:04 UTC] No.44355930[source]▶
In my university we were doing this with Matlab in 2015...
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1. ziml77 ◴[23 Jun 25 14:51 UTC] No.44356415[source]▶
It's still not a dead concept. Some software remains very expensive to license. Though you're much more likely to see Citrix used for this.