Their area of expertise is making a pretty linux distro for their custom laptop line, that's why. I agree with you and GP. Every dollar invested into gnome is

Their area of expertise is making a pretty linux distro for their custom laptop line, that's why. I agree with you and GP. Every dollar invested into gnome is a waste IMO. Make the hardware, make it easy to build an image from source for it, and then focus on the gnome portion.