Because not everyone shares your opinions. I'm not a fan of Powershell, but one thing I love about the design is that it works on objects, not text. UNIX philos

Because not everyone shares your opinions. I'm not a fan of Powershell, but one thing I love about the design is that it works on objects, not text. UNIX philosphy relies heavily on text and it keeps some things simple, but when you need to move beyond that to more complex structure, the UNIX command-line starts breaking down, whereas Powershell pipes, etc. continue to do well. There are good ideas out there beyond "just use Linux."