Re:PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux
by Rapzid on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:10PM
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Powershell In Action covers a bit of the history and decision making around powershell; interesting stuff.
Ultimately, given that powershell was initially targeted at systems admins/engineers and that Windows is highly object-oriented(in contrast to Linux's text streams), I believe Powershell was a apt development. Having done plenty of systems engineering across linux and Windows it seems to fit the needs of Windows pretty well; a fantastically unique shell that wouldn't have existed if not for Windows.
Ultimately, given that powershell was initially targeted at systems admins/engineers and that Windows is highly object-oriented(in contrast to Linux's text streams), I believe Powershell was a apt development. Having done plenty of systems engineering across linux and Windows it seems to fit the needs of Windows pretty well; a fantastically unique shell that wouldn't have existed if not for Windows.