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Rumors of Cmd's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (microsoft.com)
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft has responded to speculations that Command Prompt is going away. He writes: The Cmd shell remains an essential part of Windows, and is used daily by millions of businesses, developers, and IT Pro's around the world. In fact:
1. Much of the automated system that builds and tests Windows itself is a collection of many Cmd scripts that have been created over many years, without which we couldn't build Windows itself!
2. Cmd is one of the most frequently run executables on Windows with a similar number of daily launches as File Explorer, Edge and Internet Explorer!
3. Many of our customers and partners are totally dependent on Cmd, and all its quirks, for their companies" existence!
In short: Cmd is an absolutely vital feature of Windows and, until there's almost nobody running Cmd scripts or tools, Cmd will remain within Windows.
1. Much of the automated system that builds and tests Windows itself is a collection of many Cmd scripts that have been created over many years, without which we couldn't build Windows itself!
2. Cmd is one of the most frequently run executables on Windows with a similar number of daily launches as File Explorer, Edge and Internet Explorer!
3. Many of our customers and partners are totally dependent on Cmd, and all its quirks, for their companies" existence!
In short: Cmd is an absolutely vital feature of Windows and, until there's almost nobody running Cmd scripts or tools, Cmd will remain within Windows.
C'mon guys, have COURAGE!
When I read the title I first thought it was about CmdrTaco...
Apple : You can still use CMD, you just have to dongle-chain 3+ apps to get it to work. Oh yeah, and that'll be $500. You're welcome.
Google : We've decided arbitrarily to change CMD to DMC, but we'll probably switch it back and forth 2 or 3 times in the coming week. Business dependencies? What are they?
Amazon : CMD will be replaced by a flying mothership powered by cosmic rays. (*Bong sounds)
HP : We've decided to sell off CMD and focus on shit people no longer need or want instead.
IBM : Spending 200 million on our own cutting-edge CMD app was probably not a good idea, but hell, it's just money right? We're IBM, it's fine.
Adobe : In order to use CMD, you simply have to sign up for our $200 a month subscription service to everything else we sell. What a deal!
Facebook : Anything you type into a CMD prompt is FB property and will be tattooed on your soul forever. #Progress. 'Zuck '2042
WSJ : We will no longer call CMD line input "commands", we'll just fill your screen with DOS and let the reader decide what it is.
Trump : I love CMD, it's the best for hacking. Very strong commands! Why is Bash so weak and girly?
Oracle: Now that you're using CMD, we're going to shake you down for licensing fees or sue you.
Congress: CMD is flawed so we should dismantle it without a good alternative in place. With fewer regulations and more tax cuts, the market will create a better CMD.
Samsung: *KABOOM*
Liberals: Trump loves CMD, so it's probably sexist or racist.
Conservatives: Liberals hate CMD so we love CMD.
YouTube: Please watch this advertisement before continuing to use CMD.
Wikipedia: !!!PLEASE GIVE US MONEY!!! "Command Prompt" redirects here. For the concept, see command prompt.
Yeah, but it's only a byte, so Windows crashes when it reaches 256...
Coder's Stone: The programming language quick ref for iPad
No one every denied that there's proof. Most people just agree that it's entirely benign and used for statistic gathering.
Please don't use "spying" in this context, you're diluting the meaning of the word to suit your personal agenda.
I completely agree. The word "stalking" is much more apt than "spying".