"In The Beginning Was The Command Line" An essay by Neal Stephenson that talks about proprietary operating systems and FOSS operating systems. Written in 1999.
Stephenson, Neal ( 1999). 'In The Beginning Was The Command Line' : Neal Stephenson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/stephenson-neal-1999.-in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line
Stephenson, Neal (1999). 'In the Beginning was the Command Line'.