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Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux (www.cio.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the comments section of a recent post I found out that Windows PowerShell had been ported to Linux. Had no clue it was a thing.

Went looking and found this old article attempting to explain why they did it. Not remotely interested in giving up Bash for PowerShell, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. The article seems to be from 2016.

I have never been more tempted to check the NSFW box, but I'll leave it open for now unless a mod complains. :-D

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I've been a Linux sysadmin for decades and Windows for the year 8 years or so. I started using Windows with an air of contempt, and still do. I hate myself for saying this, but Powershell is better than bash. Bash is very limited if you consider only bash. For bash to be useful you need the entire GNU suite with grep, cut, awk etc.

[–] ILikeBoobies 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So you’re saying Powershell doesn’t uphold Unix Philosophy and thus shouldn’t be used?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

PowerShell actually does uphold the Linux philosophy pretty well. Most functions are in modules that can be imported, disabled or swapped out as appropriate.

[–] ILikeBoobies 4 points 2 days ago

PS looking good

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