GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor
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#17Peak rank
2Days on list
82Score · 7d
Nov 7, 2026First seen
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- 57
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- andsoitis
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- Nov 7, 2026
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- atlasobscura.com
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Trending history
GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 55 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #17 of 30, reached on Nov 8, 05:24 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 09:54 UTC.
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People often talk about how fast old software is, but one of the things that stands out about GeoWorks for me is how small it was while doing a lot. Of course, lots of things that make modern software bigger are things we very much don't want to do without--full Unicode support, accessibility, clever rendering,…
Wow! I remember using GEOS as a kid and not getting it. Lol Until that point I had only run software via command line. Our first Windows machine was a few years away (386 with win 3.11).
Folks who are curious about the underlying technology can see: https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos (which I'd love to see get ported to the Raspberry Pi EDIT: or updated to make it easy to run on contemporary hardware)
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Is GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 09:54 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor reached?
#17 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 8, 05:24 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (55 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
57 points and 20 comments; submitted by andsoitis on Nov 7, 2026.