Powershell is great, if what you're doing is scripting or trying to work with a .NET API. However, it's not so great when you want to work with a non-Windows ho

Powershell is great, if what you're doing is scripting or trying to work with a .NET API. However, it's not so great when you want to work with a non-Windows host or work on cross-platform software. Every modern OS except Windows has a Bash-like shell and environment. It's also missing the huge ecosystem of *nix command line apps. I couldn't see myself living on a machine with Powershell and nothing else, even though this is something Linux users can easily do. Cygwin (and Babun) help with both of these.