The Return of the C:\ Prompt?
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Microsoft plans new text-based controls for Windows Vista.
Erik Larkin
From the February 2006 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Friday, December 30, 2005
source: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124065,00.asp


Microsoft has big plans for the trusty old C:\ prompt. For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, the company is developing a new command-line interface, or shell--the text-based controls typically accessed by clicking Command Prompt (under Start Menu, Programs, Accessories) in Windows XP.

Code-named Monad, the new shell will enable a host of new programs known as scripts--something at which rival Unix operating systems have historically excelled. While these new commands and scripts will interest primarily administrators and power users, less-technical types may benefit from Monad scripts that could circulate on the Internet as Unix scripts do. For example, a Monad script might quickly reorganize files and directories based on their name or creation date--a task that can take a fair bit of manual labor in Windows Explorer.

A beta version of Monad for Windows XP is available as a free download Registration is required, and you will also need to have .Net Framework 2.0 (available at the same page) installed.

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May try it out on XP. I can't imagine it will be sufficiently better to inspire me to use it. This is basically a half-baked attempt to draw in Unix users. And as usual Microsoft misses the point that this is certainly not what makes Unix such an attractive OS.

If security issues are to arise because of this, like MS has a tradition to do, then yeah it misses the point completely.

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