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Microsoft Next Generation Shell

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-command.com-just-doesn't-cut-it-any-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I found this while searching for Perl Jobs in India: "The Microsoft Next Generation Shell Team is designing and developing a new command line scripting environment from the ground up. The new shell and utilities, based on the .NET Frameworks, will provide a very rich object-based mechanism for managing system properties. To be delivered in the next release of Windows, it will include the attributes of competitors' shells (e.g. aliases, job control, command substitution, pipelines, regular expressions, transparent remote execution) plus rich features based on Windows and .NET (e.g. command discovery via .NET reflection API's, object-based properties/methods, 1:many server scripting, pervasive auto-complete)."

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  1. Cygwin by TheShadow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I liked this the first time... when it was called Cygwin.

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  2. And they can call it. . . by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    bashWinXP

    KFG

  3. Virus delight by corvi42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, a hugely complex scripting environment with hooks into every aspect of the OS.
    Virus writers - here is your big chance to spread like wildfire through windows machines!
    .... Again!

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  4. The job is indeed in India by Doug+Merritt · · Score: 5, Funny
    the job listing was most likely a job in redmond washington, but posted in an indian job listing to specifically recruit indian guys.

    It's not necessary to carefully avoid reading the very short page that this story is about. It's not necessary to make a (completely wrong) wild speculation that is trivial to double-check just by glancing at the final line of the job posting. It's not necessary to embarass yourself in public. The final sentence of the job posting says:

    This position is in Hyderabad, India.

    Of course, this is the first time anyone on Slashdot ever posted something incorrect without reading the story in question, and doubtless no one will ever do something that silly ever again.

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