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Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux (www.cio.com)

submitted 1 week ago by StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (10 children)

In short: microsoft was afraid of losing devs to linux due to an increase in linux servers.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

They like Linux servers since they make boatloads of money from Azure.

What they are scared of are Linux desktops and Macs. Windows is losing market share and Microsoft is to big to actual know why.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Why is everyone going to linux when we are shoving copilot into fucking notepad.exe??"

[–] MisterCD@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Funnily enough, this was the final straw for me. Been using Kubuntu ever since.

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