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Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux (www.cio.com)
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In the comments section of a recent post I found out that Windows PowerShell had been ported to Linux. Had no clue it was a thing.

Went looking and found this old article attempting to explain why they did it. Not remotely interested in giving up Bash for PowerShell, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. The article seems to be from 2016.

I have never been more tempted to check the NSFW box, but I'll leave it open for now unless a mod complains. :-D

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 11 points 2 days ago
  • Embrace
  • Extend
  • Extinguish

It's been the Microsoft Business plan since practically the beginning.