Monad is alive and kicking! Adam is blogging about all the cool stuff you can do.

I'm frustrated that the Monad folks still don't "get it" from a stand point of distributing a beta, but if you have a passport account you can get a copy of the beta through http://beta.microsoft.com. Use the guest ID of "mshPDC", select "Microsoft Command Shell", select "Survey" in the left column, and 48 hours later you should get access. Why can't they just make it a link?

I've been using Monad as my command shell replacement and it's pretty slick. Having to learn a new command set is challenging, but most of the familiar old commands are available.

One of the most interesting things about Monad is that it is a real dynamic language from Microsoft. Monad's command shell is really just a script interpretter, meaning that you can define variables, use for loops, etc, all from the command window.

Congrats on the latest release folks!