[wazoox]

I'd say that the main advantage of Linux here is that it helps get you started; it's really easy to make a quick CLI tool, usually in the form of a shell, perl or python script, that is useful -- scratching an itch. This applies quite well to Mac OS, of course, but to run Mac OS you'll need a Mac...

[recursive]

You can also write python and powershell scripts in windows.

[wazoox]

Of course, but from my experience opening a CLI is completely unnatural to Windows users, much more than even Mac users.

[recursive]

And most Windows aren't developers. The fact that linux has a CLI isn't a particularly compelling reason not to use Windows though, since Windows also does.

[kragen]

You are not seriously comparing CMD.EXE with gnome-terminal and bash, are you? Come on.

[wazoox]

It's a cultural difference and nothing more. On Linux, opening a CLI is something natural and common, something that every user does at times. Hence writing a quick CLI script seems more natural than on windows.