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A Guided Tour of the Microsoft Command Shell

Posted by Zonk on from the its-cool-to-have-features dept.

jpkunst writes "Ryan Paul at Ars Technica provides an in-depth, 13 page review of the new Microsoft Command Shell (Monad). (The beta release can be downloaded for free from Microsoft.) From the conclusion: 'Despite my initial skepticism, I am deeply impressed with MSH technology, and I am legitimately excited about the future of the Windows command line.'"

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  1. Quick! Open Source Monkeys Fly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We must have a working implimentation of this shell in Gnome immediately.

    I propose we call it Gonad.
    It will be the dogs bollocks.

  2. Google Shell by zaguar · · Score: 5, Funny
    The new google shell: Gonad

    It's nuts

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  3. New website..... by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Backslashdot

    Specializing in Unix bashing (somewhat of an ironic statement)

  4. Jeez... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    the text-based shell is the nexus of computational control and the point at which proper articulation of will can transform commands into consequences Which leads to two questions : who wrote this shit, and were they getting paid per syllable?

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  5. Re:The true meaning of "msh" by canuck57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone knows that "msh" really stands for "Microsoft Hell".

    And once people realize it is crippled there will be a gsh (Gate Shell) and a bsh (Ballmer Shell) as equally handycaped as the msh. A legal suit will follow from Google for gsh but the bsh will last.

    Wouldn't it be easier just to get a copy of Linux and call it MS-Linux? I thought Microsoft thought all of UNIX/POSIX was crap and you didn't need a shell?

  6. Re:Better name: Gonuts by Andrewkov · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought a Monad was when you lost one of your gonads. Or was that mononad.

  7. Re:The true meaning of "msh" by borawjm · · Score: 5, Funny

    so shouldn't the command prompt for msh be something like this?

    $>

    or maybe a few more...

    $$$>

    ah, what the heck...

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$>

  8. Re:The true meaning of "msh" by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny

    And once people realize it is crippled there will be a gsh (Gate Shell) and a bsh (Ballmer Shell) as equally handycaped as the msh. A legal suit will follow from Google for gsh but the bsh will last.

    bsh> developers
    developers

    bsh> developers
    developers

    bsh> developers
    YEAH!