While the 'tty' concept seems archaic, it has served Unix-ish systems very well in the long run, giving us a nice console experience with a diversity of termina

While the 'tty' concept seems archaic, it has served Unix-ish systems very well in the long run, giving us a nice console experience with a diversity of terminal applications and an excellent remote experience. Meanwhile Windows never really implemented a proper universal console abstraction -- until recently -- and forced all console output through the same terrible hardcoded terminal with crap support for basic things like copy and paste, and struggled for over two decades to have a productive console environment, forcing administrators and power users to do everything of substance through the GUI or tear their hair out. This is finally fixed, but only recently.