Don Norman wrote a similar essay titled "The Trouble with UNIX" in 1981 [1], where he praised UNIX as an "elegant system", but criticised its commands for their

Don Norman wrote a similar essay titled "The Trouble with UNIX" in 1981 [1], where he praised UNIX as an "elegant system", but criticised its commands for their "incoherent, inconsiderate design". The greatest surprise actually is that Unix still lives on, warts and all. The frustrations I experienced in the paper were real and still exist today [1987]. In a similar vein, but also quite entertaining, is the UNIX-HATERS Handbook [2]. [1] http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=UqhjMVwYKJsC&lpg=PA259&pg=PA249 http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=UqhjMVwYKJsC&lpg=PA25... [2] http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf