On: In the beginning was the command line by Neil Stephenson

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This is a really great essay. I go back and read it every year or so. There is actually an 'updated' version, not done by Stephenson but with his blessing. It takes into account the rise of OS X (which Stephenson loves) and updates some of the other arguments. Here is the updated text http://garote.bdmonkeys.net/commandline/index.html

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Great for people we read the original first, too. As the update consists of clearly marked comments.