Tomshardware reports that Microsoft is going to change the standard Windows Command Line to a new shell, called Monad Shell, over the next 5 years:
Orlando (FL) – The command line interface to the Windows Server OS will be changed to the new Monad Shell (MSH), in a phased implementation to take place over the next three to five years. This confirmation comes from Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia in an interview published today by Microsoft.
Today’s announcement is the first confirmation from a high-level Microsoft source that Monad–a project launched in summer 2001 by Microsoft software engineer Jeffrey Snover–will serve as the command line and scripting language for future Windows servers.
Presently in Windows Server 2003, another command line interface created by Snover called WMIC serves as the admin’s direct link to the core software component responsible for reporting the state of the system, called Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Monad was started as a project to provide a more powerful command line competitive with the BASH shell on Unix and Linux, using ideas gleaned from WMIC, but using the .NET Framework as its core component instead.
“In terms of simplifying administration and management we have made great progress, but still have much to do,” stated Muglia. “For example, we are changing the command line environment in Windows using a new object-oriented command line technology, code-named ‘Monad,’ that will exceed what has been delivered in Linux and Unix for many years. It will take three to five years to fully develop and deliver.”
Using the .NET Framework? “exceed what has been delivered in Linux and Unix for many years” ? Are they out of their F*&^in minds?
Hello Microsoft, welcome to modern computing. Unix has had a decent shell for god knows how many years now. I have a gut feeling that Microsoft will regret it’s arrogant words. Until then I’ll have to put up with all the pro Microsoft moron’s who claim that everything that Microsoft makes just works……
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