A couple weeks ago, my friend Alex Lewis sent me some information about something called goosh.org. This interesting use of Ajax is designed to have Google emulate a UNIX shell. I'm not exactly sure how useful this is to a command line jockey. Additionally, I don't think you will be managing your Google Apps with this anytime soon. But, the interface does bring forth a very fascinating use case for everyone's favorite search engine.
What if, Google took this concept to the next level, and gave us a fully functional Ajax based command-line? Now, when I say fully functional, I'm referring to the ability to automate things. Thus, the shell would need its own language, pipeline, commands, etc. Wouldn't that be really interesting? You could use an internet based command line shell to automate your interactions with Web services.
BTW - While this wasn't a very Microsoftie post... it's related to PowerShell in a strange way. Unknown to many, PowerShell is also a Web services Swiss army knife. After all, it's based on the .Net Framework. :>)
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With more than ten years of experience in IT, Tyson Kopczynski has become a specialist in Active Directory, Information Assurance, Windows automation, PKI, and IT security practices. Tyson is also the founding author of the Windows PowerShell Unleashed series and has been a contributing author for such books as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Unleashed and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. He has also written many detailed technical papers and guides covering various technologies. As a consultant at Convergent Computing, Tyson works with and provides feedback for next generation Microsoft technologies since their inception and has also played a key role in expanding the automation and security practices at CCO. Tyson also holds such certifications as the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), the SANS Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) and SANS Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), and the MCTS (Application Platform, Active Directory, and Network Infrastructure).
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