On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 7:35 AM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
wrote:

> Eloquently put. Amen!
>
> doug
>
> > Unix brought automation to the forefront of possibilities. Using Unix,
> > anyone could do it - even that kid in Jurassic Park. Today, everything
> > is GUI and nothing can be automated easily or, most of the time,
> > not at all.
>
> > Unix is an ever shrinking oasis in a desert of non-automation and
> complexity.
>
> > It is the loss of automation possibilities that frustrates me the most
>


Do I have to be that guy? I hate windows. I love Unix. But the above isn't
really true. MS has actually done a good job of catching up in that
department. All major apps have Powershell libraries. I envy some features
of Powershell, but I still won't use it unless I have to.

One example is PowerCLI, which is very useful for vSphere automation.
Easier to use than their other language APIs, in my opinion. I could go on
with other examples (Active Directory, MSSQL, Exchange), but I think the
point is made...

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