Microsoft Appears To Be Open Sourcing Windows PowerShell
Short Bytes: According to the latest rumors, Microsoft is planning to open source its automation platform and scripting language PowerShell. Some metadata on Microsoft’s GitHub page is reportedly suggesting that Redmond will soon release the open source version of PowerShell that one can run on Linux and OS X.
With PowerShell, you can automate tedious tasks, set a time-consuming job to run in the background, or use it to identify and kill non-responding processes.
Well, as the latest developments suggest, Microsoft may be moving towards making Windows PowerShell open source.
As shared on Twitter, Tom Hounsell and WalkingCat spotted this probability on PowerShell’s GitHub page.
Just noticed this in the package metadata, guess that confirms @h0x0d's Open Source rumour for #PowerShell pic.twitter.com/seoHEMGpYj
— Tom Hounsell (@tomhounsell) July 27, 2016
The picture attached in the screenshot states:
PowerShell is a stellar tool that hasn’t left a big mark outside the Windows ecosystem. We are hoping that an open source PowerShell will gather wider support from Linux and OS X community.
Hell, you know what, here's some screens of a build of #Powershell (PSCore) running on Linux and OSX /cc @h0x0d pic.twitter.com/lWM2W15AJV
— Tom Hounsell (@tomhounsell) July 25, 2016
Microsoft hasn’t made any official announcement regarding this development. Lately, Microsoft has open sourced millions of lines of code and open sourcing PowerShell shouldn’t be much surprising.
So, are you excited to use Windows PowerShell on your Linux and OS X systems? Share your views in the comments section below.
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