There are only two problems with this article. First, of the significant number of applications I have installed under OS X, I can count on one hand the number

There are only two problems with this article. First, of the significant number of applications I have installed under OS X, I can count on one hand the number that came with a util for removing them. There are ways around this (eg, lsbom|xargs rm), but they are messy. Second, writing an operating system with a UI on top of that has to be a monumental task. Something that only a really small percentage of people can do (and an even smaller number can do well). In order to design systems, they have to think a certain way, become familiar with the systems... and it all looks completely obvious to them. Otherwise, "Me, too." Makes me wonder if Microsoft uses "focus groups."