Wesley, No, PowerShell won't, imho, be ported to Linux or open sourced by Microsoft even though it's probably possible to some extent under Mono. It's a tool firstly to make *nix people happy looking after Windows boxes, and secondly to bring some of the power of 'the trad unix way' to Windows admin.
The Microsoft long-term plan hasn't changed, just the tactics - steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2006 1:58 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: On the other side... > > Quoting Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Some interesting developments on 'the other side'... > > > > POWERSHELL (aka Monad, MSH) - See > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell for an intro. Very > > strong *nix flavour, and Exchange12 administration GUI's > will be built > > upon this - ie the CLI comes first, and the GUI sits on top > in classic > > *nix fashion. Beta versions can be downloaded and played > with now - it > > won't be shipped for a while yet (it's not in Vista) > > FWIW, I've been pushing at the Port25 site for Microsoft to > give their approval for a *nix version, FLOSS by the > community preferably. That's if they don't just bite the > bullet and release the source code for a beta under the > Microsoft Community License so people can port it to linux > themselves, and do strange and wonderful things therein. > > > > UNIX IN WINDOWS - Windows Server 2003 now ships with a full Unix > > sub-system, including gcc and tons of other GNU and GPL stuff: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/unixcomponents/w > ebinstall. > > mspx#EKB > > > > LINUX LAB - > > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/aug05/08-10OpenSource > > La > > b.mspx > > > > PORT25 - http://port25.technet.com "...people, insights, > and analysis > > from the Microsoft Open Source Software Lab" > > Sign up, beard the leopard in his den! ;-) > > > > LINUX CONFERENCES - 'Softie giving a keynote at Linuxworld - > > http://www.idgworldexpo.com/download/bh.mp3 > > > > WINDOWLESS WINDOWS - The next version of Windows Server (Longhorn) > > will have a GUI-less version, aimed at the same people who > run their > > *nix systems X11-less, called "Server Core" see: > > > http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/ > > en > > -us/Srvcore/srvcore/portal.asp > > Do we get Internet Explorer with that? I mean, it _is_ a > core part of Windows ... ;) > > Looks like Microsoft is trying to change itself into a > faux-Un*x vendor. Should be fun days ahead! > > Wesley Parish > > > > > > So, quite different approach from the rants and antagonism > of the past. > > My reading is that they've now got lots people on board with strong > > *nix backgrounds and are pushing really hard to capture the > big Unix > > sites, before they all go Linux. Most of this stuff is > quite foreign > > to the normal Windows user/administrator, but potentially > re-assuring > > to Unix admins. > > And you are forgetting the likes of > http://minimsft.blogspot.com - guess which two comments are > mine in > http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/05/acronyms-attack-that-faq- > upcoming-fam.html#comments > ;) Wesley Parish > > > > > - steve > > > > ========================================================= > > > > > > This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and > cleared by > > CommArc Cube Server > > > > > > "Sharpened hands are happy hands. > "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" > - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge > > "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" > I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a > symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press > > ========================================================= This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by CommArc Cube Server
