> "Do you consider PowerShell to be "something we can count on to exist on Windows systems" Once, yes; then they renamed it "Windows PowerShell" and deprecated

> "Do you consider PowerShell to be "something we can count on to exist on Windows systems" Once, yes; then they renamed it "Windows PowerShell" and deprecated it so it's no longer being developed. Instead they started trying to appeal to Linux users with new cross-platform "PowerShell" which you have to install separately. Windows PowerShell is increasingly falling behind that in performance and compatibility. We're heading away from "PowerShell included" back to the old world of "if you have to download and install something to get away from this abandonware legacy thing, why not Python or node.js?". > "a superior alternative to Bourne shells which only got traction on Windows because Bourne is too deeply embedded in the Unix world"?" It's a superior alternative to Bourne shells on Windows, and because it's basically Microsoft-Perl or Microsoft-Clunky-Python as well as being a shell, as in - it's more capable than Unix shell because it's a kitchen sink of scripting and programming language as well as command line.