> That's because they're used to Windows which has a completely broken command > line. I've been using Linux for three years, coming from an entirely Windows > background and frankly the CLI interface in Linux seemed like a huge step > forward to me the CLI on linux is a step backwards coming from windows. why? if you want good ol' bash you can have a fully functioning native version of that running in RXVT just by installing MinGW... plus you have MSH. which there currently exists no equivalent on linux, or BSD for that matter..