I find myself agreeing with both of you. You're right that having articles like this makes the tools more accessible and understandable to those that use both resources. However, it seems that most people don't use both resources. Many rely only on these sorts of articles and don't RTFM. There is a lot of power in many *nix tools that people could benefit from but don't realize it because they don't even skim over the manual.

It wasn't that long ago that it was common for people read the manuals of the things they used to get the best bang for their buck, so to speak. Now, the world is filled with quick-starts and use-specific guides, because people don't have the time to research all the things they use.

It's this aversion to a little studying of the tools of our trade that I think blueflow and myself are against.