I really can't stress enough how much power and flexibility comes with an object oriented shell, especially with the dotnet type system behind it.

I think most people who hate it just do so either because it came from Microsoft (which... Yeah, that's understandable), or because it's a different way of thinking about it (and/or they spent a lot of effort learning how to parse data from strings effectively and hate that it's made easier?). But love or hate it, it is effective and powerful, and I find myself missing that when working with bash.