AIX

When did AIX get a real shell? Last time I was involved with an AIX box somewhat directly a few years ago, it had this weird esoteric interface that an elite few knew the right way to breath while requesting of the AIX deity to do their will.

We have this installer that is built around Ant (well, just an Ant script) and a good portion of our clients will want to install on an AIX (and some of them already are). Long story short, I was given access to an AIX box to make this thing work. And my jaw about hit the ground when I logged it. It had a bash shell! (Actually it was ksh, but bash was there too. I'm so attached to my tab completions... (Wish I had footnotes! 8) )) (phew).

Sometimes, things change for the better...