From Windows to Unix: a mental journey
Changing from Windows to Unix isn't so much about changing technology as it is about changing your thinking. From the 1920s through the wintel detour data processing has evolved in a consistent fashion - and from 1960s discussions on user empowerment to the latest OpenSolaris builds, so has Unix. Notice, however, that those two heritages are different - so different they hardly overlap at all - and recognize, therefore, that the assumptions and beliefs needed to use those two toolsets effectively have to be different too.