CMD.EXE aka MS-DOS going bye-bye, for good?

[Darren Dirt]

Apparently it is...

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3147668/operating-systems/say-goodbye-to-the-ms-dos-command-prompt.html


...or isn't...

http://computerworld.com/article/3149115/operating-systems/follow-up-ms-dos-lives-on-after-all.html
( just the default is going to change to PowerShell -- because LEGACY [duh!] )

Microsoft creates a HUGE business monopoly, so those developers produce thousands of applications and scripts that rely on CMD.EXE being there ... and then they even THINK they could suddenly remove it without causing a PR-nightmare ruckus? LOL.

[Lazybones]

Editor's note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all.

Everything has been moving to PowerShell for some time now, you don't really miss anything by using it by default.

[Tom]

cmd.exe isn't dos anyhow. command.com is the dos shell. now, cmd.exe can support legacy dos programs through the NTVDM, but it can be buggy on occasion.

[Lazybones]

cmd.exe isn't dos anyhow. command.com is the dos shell. now, cmd.exe can support legacy dos programs through the NTVDM, but it can be buggy on occasion.

That is also true.