Because it's an insanely powerful object-oriented scripting environment, not an OS command line.
If I wanted an insanely powerful object-oriented scripting environment, I'd use C#Java.
You obviously do want one, cos you're trying to pipe to a variable. Btw, does the 2.0 CTP have Linq support?
It does if you've got .NET 3.5 installed.
Doesn't require 3.5 to use other stuff though.
Awesome. I've got to get that tomorrow.