Poweshell is awesome because no external tools are needed to modify dates, or do math, or generate JSON or XML, both of which are first-class citizens. Also, in

Poweshell is awesome because no external tools are needed to modify dates, or do math, or generate JSON or XML, both of which are first-class citizens. Also, in powershell things are objects not strings, so passing something along with a | is much more powerful. Still, if someone doesn't like something, there's always bash!