If you like the CLI scripting available in Linux, you might what to take a look at PowerShell. RC2 came out about a week ago. Runs on W2K3 Server and XP SP2 with .Net 2.0.
I was reading about that just yesterday as a matter of fact. I wont be scripting much for awhile though. I hurt my arm this weekend and my left hand has been about 90% paralyzed since =(
Typing right handed only has been a bitch!!
I've been trying to find a decent DOS prompt enhancer for Windows that can usefully perform such things as "tee" with existing command-line applications. Yeah, I know there's a version of "tee" for MS-DOS, but since it requires the previous program to run completion before it shows any output, it's pretty useless.