Give the Art of Unix Programming and honest read, and I'm sure you will come around. If you have ONLY used Unices, then I could understand why the philosophy

Give the Art of Unix Programming and honest read, and I'm sure you will come around. If you have ONLY used Unices, then I could understand why the philosophy is invisible. If, like me, you had used Windows exclusively for a decade, and then Unix for a decade, then the Unix philosophy would knock you up side the head. The systems could not be more different. (Despite the fact that they run mostly the same applications. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Biculturalism.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Biculturalism.html is the review that got me to read it).