Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:44:50AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
There is only one response to their statement, which is to remind
everyone what happend the LAST time M$ tried to do a Un*x like shell:
Obviously you have never used Micrsoft's Services for UNIX (free download).
I am very very happy to admit that I never did as for several years now
I avoid working in that envorinment as much as possible . When I have to
usually in order to prepare a Linux corss tool chain for an embedded
project for some client, it's done via an SSH to a Cygwin Bash session.
It includes a very nice CLI with KSH and "C" shell, bash is availble from a
third party.
The thrid party stuff used to be free, now there is $20 download fee.
Obviously you you didn't read the link I sent. It describes the origins
of exactly that shell that you describe, what M$ said about said shell
when it was first announced and... well, without giving out too much of
the punch line - demonstrates what happens when M$ marketing Reality
Distortion Field hits a massive object :-)
Gilad
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