The article say that going forward, cmd.exe will no longer be distributed. The power shell provides all the functionality that cmd.exe has in the past.
This is somewhat like UNIX/Linux which replaced the Bourne Shell (sh) with the Bourne Again Shell (bash) many years ago. Bruce Sent by Magic! > On Dec 7, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Mark L. Gaubatz <mgaub...@groupgw.com> wrote: > > The article is highly misleading. If I am reading the sources properly, > MS is completing the deprecation of the MS-DOS command line environment > in favor of PowerShell. The CW article absolutely did the environment a > disservice in their presentation. > > Mark > > >> On 12/07/2016 11:32 AM, Michael Lueck wrote: >> Greetings Rony, >> >> Rony G. Flatscher wrote: >>> what are your sources? >> >> "Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt" >> http://www.computerworld.com/article/3147668/operating-systems/say-goodbye-to-the-ms-dos-command-prompt.html >> >> >>> If MS would remove cmd.exe most programs (including their owns) would >>> break. Therefore it is very >>> unlikely that they remove cmd.exe support. >> >> I do not disagree with the ripples this will cause. >> >> I am thankful, >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
