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April 2006
April 26, 2006
Monad hits RC1, redubbed Windows PowerShell
Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate 1 of Windows Powershell, the command-line shell and scripting language formerly code-named Monad. Windows PowerShell is available now for download on MSDN. Command-line stalwarts will welcome having a robust, non-GUI environment in which to work (e.g., tab completion for commands, parameters, filenames, and variable properties/methods), but they are likely to bristle at having to swap out typing "msh.exe" for "powershell.exe". It misses the point of the whole UNIX terse zeitgeist. On the bright side, it's not "windowspowershell2007(r).exe."
Posted by John Dorsey at 05:05 AM Permalink
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April 10, 2006
Linux on Windows on Macs?
Apple recently unveiled the public beta of Boot Camp, a set of tools for booting Windows XP on OS X-based Macs. Not to be virtually outdone, Microsoft announced at LinuxWorld that it will support Linux virtual machines on Virtual Server 2005 R2. I'm not sure of the practical business applications of either of these announcements, but they should keep inquisitive sys admins busy for the next several weekends.
Posted by John Dorsey at 05:10 PM Permalink
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