it is absolutely useful, and starting as someone coming from Perl background and lots of it, PowerShell indeed is more than just a shell scripting. Sitting on t

it is absolutely useful, and starting as someone coming from Perl background and lots of it, PowerShell indeed is more than just a shell scripting. Sitting on top of .NET opens up to lots of functionality and on the automation front - POSH programs are much easier to read and maintain than bash/ksh/whateversh. So yes - it is very useful, and there is great community on both sides on the ocean (USA and Russia) that make heavy use of it.