The preeminence of unix in a lot of the work that's being done isn't the result of snobbishness or even personal taste. It's just a nice, convenient platform to do the work on.
There is a well written essay on the "preeminence of unix" at http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/features/history/index.html. It essentially says Unix has survived for so long because universities use it, and you could license it fairly cheap. Most people (I'm talking about 90% of computer users, even more in the future) couldn't care less about features such as tying apps together with shell scripts, pipes, and some bubble gum.
But the lack of solid multitasking and freely available development tools in ms-windows 3.11 is the reason that more robust crypto tools for that platform don't exist.
What are some "robust crypto tools" that are available for unix, and also aren't available for DOS/Windows? I kinda think the reason more tools aren't available for PCs (Windows/Mac) is because there is no appreciable MARKET for such tools yet. If there were, since PCs have a market share an order of magnitude or two larger than unix, such tools would have a greater influence anyway. -- Karl L. Barrus <klbarrus@infocom.net>