PowerShell made cross-platform on 18 August

[Geek-9pm]

PowerShell was made open-source and cross-platform on 18 August 2016.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/powershell-is-microsofts-latest-open-source-release-coming-to-linux-os-x/

That can allow a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation.

Even if you seldom program, you ought to take a look at PowerShell.

[BC_Programmer]

Powershell addresses a deficiency in Windows, in terms of it's command interpreter (CMD) not being quite up-to-snuff when compared to things like bash. While Open Sourcing and making the product cross-platform is neat, it's not going to provide a lot of value to existing *nix users (and admins), as they already have a much better shell (in terms of being a good shell for *nix systems) in the form of bash, since it adheres to  the *nix philosophy.

A lot of the Open Source "moves" Microsoft has been taking- The .NET Roslyn Compiler, then .NET itself and now Powershell, and even the ability to integrate bash into Windows- are likely motivated not by any end-user consumer desire but by Microsoft's own desires when it comes to Azure.

[Salmon Trout]

That can allow a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation.

I do that using SSH in a terminal window, and I get to use Bash, which I much prefer to Powershell.