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Just checked out the site. Seems they have ceased selling the software. A pity. I bet some people and companies would still buy it. I read the page about TAWK (
by vram22 10y ago
Just checked out the site. Seems they have ceased selling the software. A pity. I bet some people and companies would still buy it. I read the page about TAWK (a much enhanced awk, they say TAWK has added features such that it is a general purpose programming language), and the page about their Thompson Toolkit, which roughly seems like a lighter version of Cygwin / UWin etc., with some DOS features too.
- cagey 10y agoFWIW TAWK and Thompson Toolkit (and competitor MKS (Mortice Kern Systems[0])) offered this functionality (awk and other unix commandline tools for DOS and subsequent MS OS') beginning in "the dialup era" (your purchase bought a box containing a manual (book!) and floppy disks). I would not be surprised to learn that the advent (and easy accessibility via high-speed internet) of Cygwin/UWin etc. killed these commercial tools markets. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Inc.
- vram22 10y agoYes, it could be. I remember reading about MKS Toolkit in computer magazines (both print and online, IIRC) earlier; they used to advertise in them regularly. But many tools - not just of that category but others too - are still being sold; I think they are just not that visible on some forums like this, where the talk tends to be more about the web and the latest technologies.