The X Business Group Inc reports that Canada’s Hummingbird Communications Ltd, Markham, Ontario, accounted for 35% or 42,350, of all 119,941 personal computer X server licences sold during the first half of this year – and 29%, $6.75m, of the $23.4m revenues generated in that market. Second and third were UK firm VisionWare Ltd, Leeds, which took 14% (17,350) of licences and 15% ($3.6m) of revenue, and Network Computing Devices Inc, Mountain View, California, with 12%, 14,302, and 13%, $2.94m, respectively. Thereafter followed AGE Logic Inc with 10% of licences and 9% of revenues, DEC at 9% and 7%, Apple Computer Inc on 6% and 5%, White Pine Software Inc with 4% and 4%, GrafPoint Inc at 3% and 3% and others with 12% and 11%. Windows implementations made up the majority of all PC X servers shipped – 88,584. There were 19,907 MS-DOS versions sold, 9,500 Apple Computer Inc Mac copies (split between Apple and White Pine) and 1,950 for NeXT Computer Inc kit. The X Business Group sees Hummingbird’s pre-eminent position challenged over the rest of the year by Network Computing’s PC-Xware and VisionWare’s XVision5.
