On: Gow – The lightweight alternative to Cygwin

[UnoriginalGuy]

Much like Mac, Windows is designed for consumers primarily, power users/programmers/etc secondarily.

It can be reconfigured to appear without shift:

http://superuser.com/questions/240279/windows-open-command-p...

Although the Windows 8.1 right click bottom left for the new Power Users Menu was a welcomed addition that consumers could inadvertently run across.