Sounds like the new name for Monad will be Windows PowerShell. Extentions will be ps1, ps2, etc, for versioning. Wonder is that means RTM is getting close?
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staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...
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Sounds pretty bad to me.
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irascian
Irascible Ian
TimP wrote:Sounds pretty bad to me.
Well as Scoble's pointed out on his blog, the original name was ripe for detractors to take the mickey out of, being very similar to "Gonad". -
Tom Servo
W-hat?
Yeah, but PowerShell is so goddamn cheesy and cheap. I can't think of a better name on the fly now, but their marketting had all the time in the world.
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dahat
inanity makes my head hurt
staceyw wrote:Sounds like the new name for Monad will be Windows PowerShell. Extentions will be ps1, ps2, etc, for versioning.
I wonder if that will cause some... confusion in the eyes of some users, or the concern of a chance of it in the eyes of Sony lawyers. -
staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...
Tom Servo wrote:Yeah, but PowerShell is so goddamn cheesy and cheap. I can't think of a better name on the fly now, but their marketting had all the time in the world.
That was my initial reaction as well. After an hour or so, I can't think of a better name either. Maybe ManagedShell and leave it as msh. -
Sparkle ==> Expression Interactive Designer
Avalon==>Windows Presentation Foundation
Monad==>Powershell
The individuals coming up with these blandly generic, official names ought to have flunked out of Marketing 101. Fire them; give their salaries as bonuses to the developers who come up with the internal codenames.
I'm still waiting for the masterstroke branding move: renaming Windows to Acme Operating System. -
Cybermagellan
Live for nothing, or die for everything
Yeah Scoble brought that up on his blog...why can't Microsoft keep the c00! names?
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Time to get the chequebook out again.. I am guessing that Microsoft probably don't care if there is a product with the same name though.
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PaoloM
Hypermediocrity
ChrisA wrote:The BASH ripoff is now PowerShell. How delightful.
What is BASH? -
Cybermagellan
Live for nothing, or die for everything
ChrisA wrote:The BASH ripoff is now PowerShell. How delightful.
You should be so happy we're taking from you Linux guys isn't that the purpose of GPL? -
Why does that have to be a bad thing? Just tune the marketing message accordingly:irascian wrote:Well as Scoble's pointed out on his blog, the original name was ripe for detractors to take the mickey out of, being very similar to "Gonad".
"Windows finally grew a pair, and now our competitors are nervous." -
DCMonkey
What?!?
ChrisA wrote:The BASH ripoff is now PowerShell. How delightful.
Hilarious! You do know that bash is a GNU "ripoff" of the Unix Bourne Shell (sh) don't you?
Oh, and bash runs on Windows too!
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Worst name, ever
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staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...
ChrisA wrote:The BASH ripoff is now PowerShell. How delightful.
Your joking right? If you think it is like bash, you have not really used it. Now if you said ksh, perl and ruby muched together, you would still only be half right. -
staceyw
Before C# there was darkness...
Kinda shocked they have RC1 bits with the new name:
X86 latest build: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=64772&clcid=0x409
X64 latest build: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=64773&clcid=0x409
Documentation: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=64774&clcid=0x409 -
PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman
cyberneticloop wrote:
Sparkle ==> Expression Interactive Designer
Avalon==>Windows Presentation Foundation
Monad==>Powershell
I hate the bland functional names, but I even prefer Microsoft Shell (MSH) to Powershell, which makes me think of washing detergant for some reason.
At least it's better than 'Microsoft Interactive Comand Line Foundation' or some such -
At least it isn't named Microsoft Shell Foundation Interface Window or some such. I actually like PowerShell it reminds me of replacing command.com and those bygone days.
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