For me, it comes down to a question of innovation and real-world improvement.  Is find . -name *cpp -exec ls {} (or similar) still the best way to find files on a computer?  If I want to know rougly how large a project is, is find . -name *java |xargs wc -l the best way to see how many lines of code the team has produced?  Is make the best way to group many files into a single logical output?  Are ex macros the best way to refactor your code?

Is James Gosling's statement that most real development is still done in emacs (Java developer's journal, July 2000)the most bullshit words to be spoken since "No one will ever need more than 640k..." ?