* MKS Inc .′ s MKS Korn shell — a proprietary implementation of the KornShell language from Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX ( SFU ) up to version 2. 0 ; according to David Korn, the MKS Korn shell was not fully compatible with KornShell in 1998 ; in SFU version 3. 0 Microsoft replaced the MKS Korn shell with a new POSIX. 2-compliant shell as part of Interix ;

* MKS Toolkit, originally created for MS-DOS, is a software package produced and maintained by MKS Inc. that provides a Unix-like environment for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to both 32-and 64-bit Microsoft Windows systems.

* MKS Inc. ( formerly known as Mortice Kern Systems )

Continuing with acquisitions, in 1999 the Interoperability Business Unit merged with DataFocus Inc., a long time OEM partner, and was charged with the evolution of the MKS Toolkit and NuTCRACKER products.

* MKS positioned as an influential vendor in the ALM Vendor Report by independent analyst firm, Voke Inc.

* Forrester named MKS as a leader in Agile development management tools in Forrester Research Inc., May 2010.

Microsoft once included a version of the Korn shell produced by Mortice Kern Systems ( MKS ) in a UNIX integration package for Windows NT.

Previously named Mortice Kern Systems, MKS was founded in 1984 by four University of Waterloo students, Randall Howard, Alex White, Trevor Thompson and Steve Izma.

* 2002: MKS officially changes its name from Mortice Kern Systems to MKS

SFU 1. 0 and 2. 0 ( NT 4. 0 and Windows 2000 ) used the MKS Toolkit ; starting with SFU 3. 0 ( Windows XP ; 1999 ), SFU used the Interix subsystem, which was acquired by Microsoft in 1999 from US-based Softway Systems as part of an asset acquisition.

MKS was in turn extended and replaced by the International System of Units ( SI ).

Starting in the 1880s, and more significantly by the mid-20th century, CGS was gradually superseded internationally for scientific purposes by the MKS ( metre – kilogram – second ) system, which in turn developed into the modern SI standard.

In European countries where the metric system was established well before the adoption of the SI standard, there is still carry-over of usage from the precursor cgs and MKS systems.

" BAAS formally proposed the CGS system in 1874, although this system was gradually replaced over the next 70 years by MKS units.

MKS was adopted internationally during the 1940s, defining the second as 1 / 86, 400th of a mean solar day.

The ampere-turn ( AT ) was the MKS unit of magnetomotive force ( MMF ), represented by a direct current of one ampere flowing in a single-turn loop in a vacuum.

The CCU decided to define the SI unit of absorbed radiation in terms of energy per unit mass, which in MKS units was J / kg.

Between the CGS unit and SI unit, the MKS unit magnetomotive force was the ampere-turn AT.

After the Continental was discontinued in 2002, it was largely replaced by the Lincoln LS and eventually the Lincoln MKS.

* The terms SI and metric system are not strictly interchangeable ; the common " metric system " refers to a system of units based on powers of 10, for example the cgs system ; while SI was originally based on the MKS system of units.

The MKS Toolkit was no longer included.

In 1987, MKS stepped into the version control market with a product called MKS RCS, which was renamed to MKS Source Integrity in 1992, deciding at that time to put strategic emphasis and focus expansion on the software configuration management marketplace, a segment of what is now known as Application Lifecycle Management ( ALM ).

This initiative was further realized in 1999 when MKS invested the bulk of its R & D efforts towards re-designing MKS Source Integrity as a multi-tier Java EE platform to address the needs of large enterprise installations.

* In 2008 Forrester proclaims MKS as the leader in requirements management in the independent research report

Microsoft Windows is not shipped with support for X, but many third-party implementations exist, as free and open source software such as Cygwin / X, Xming ( free up to 6. 9. 0. 31 ) and WeirdX ; freeware such as Mocha X Server ; and proprietary products such as Xmanager, Exceed, eXcursion ( Hewlett-Packard ), MKS X / Server, Reflection X, X-Win32 and Xming ( current versions ).

The Integrity Business Unit at PTC is focused on the enterprise Application Lifecycle Management ( ALM ) market, which includes lifecycle management for applications, systems and software engineering with its process centric MKS Integrity platform.

In 2001, following the company's restructuring and refinancing, MKS shifted its primary focus to the enterprise market, expanding from its desktop-based version control and defect tracking system to the multi-tier software change and configuration management ( SCM ) system it had been developing technically since 1997.

By combining MKS Integrity with PTC's industry-leading product lifecycle management ( PLM ) solutions, PTC is reshaping the way manufacturers integrate product hardware and software, enabling them to improve product quality, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce risk and total service costs.

* NuTCRACKER, a software suite that included the MKS Toolkit

This " led eventually to the universal adoption of the Giorgi system, which unified electromagnetic units with the MKS dimensional system of units, the whole now known simply as the SI system ( Système International d ’ unités ).

In return the team strengthened: Arielle Wilson ( from the USA-academic game ), Milena Rosner, member of the Polish representative team, which won the gold medal of the European Championships in Turkey in 2005, Marta Haładyn ( with Tauron MKS Dabrowa Mining ) and Dorota Medyńska ( SMS Sosnowiec / TOP Boleslawiec ).

The number 2 is for the second expedition and is enclosed in the Cyrillic MKS and Latin ISS which are the respective Russian and English abbreviations for the International Space Station.

Chicago Assembly currently builds the Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS, and Ford Explorer, all of which share the same platform.

* The Windows Script Host, which uses scripting engines for many glue languages like Perl, Rexx, PHP, Ruby, Tcl, Delphi, XSLT, Python and others and has those for VBScript, JScript, and VBA installed by default, is capable of running in interactive mode from cmd. exe, command. com, or most other shells running under Windows like the MKS Unix shells, ( or any script or program with OS access or the Run box of the GUI ) by invoking as CScript. exe // I.

By October 2006, the Interoperability Division of MKS announced the release of MKS X / Server-technology, SCO XVision Eclipse and the SCO Wintif, that was rebranded after being acquired from SCO.

* 2006: First release of MKS X / Server ( technology acquired from SCO )

* 2011: MKS acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation PTC ()

The CGS system has been largely supplanted by the MKS system, based on metre, kilogram, and second.

For example, if the momentum p of an electron is said to be 1 GeV, then the conversion to MKS can be achieved by:

It has since been supplanted as the default by more recent, largely compatible, programs such as Berkeley Yacc, GNU bison, MKS Yacc and Abraxas PCYACC.

Throughout 2006 – 2008 MKS was recognized by industry analysts and PR firms as a strong contender in the ALM market and continued to receive industry accolades for its strong technical offerings: