In the Beginning...was the Command Line

A little out of date but overall very interesting (and short).

easy english, easy to read. Just relax book !

Really amazing how 10 years later most of what he described the IT landscape (and the reasons so) still stand true. Great piece, and great propaganda for open source.

Go get this one. The technology described is a little dated, but the analysis is dead on. You can get this as a (free) PDF from his website. It's not what you think, yes he praises the command line, but this extends into social commentary. Very easy read.