Redmond | Feature Article: Server Core: Windows Without Windows.
The future of Windows is not Windows at all. This is the right way. Trim it down to the essentials. Why do I need a browser and all this end-user stuff on the server side anyway? One comment in the article “Finally a reason to upgrade to Vista” refers to the new Remote Desktop that gives you a Windows UI to the Server.
I grew up on the command line. It’s amazing how many people in this industry struggle with it. My boss even stated when he saw me in a CMD shell “What’s all this mainframe stuff going on?”.