That happens all the time in real life. The whole thing reminds me about the disputed articles, "Are U.S. Railroad Gauges Based on Roman Chariots?" and by exte

That happens all the time in real life. The whole thing reminds me about the disputed articles, "Are U.S. Railroad Gauges Based on Roman Chariots?" and by extension the Space Shuttle was limited by the width of two horses walking side-by-side. I don't think software is all that different than other standards like switching to the metric system, or Southern California switching their power standard from 50hz in 1948 to match 60hz (Japan never unified their power). It's a huge investment and a lot of it is political appetite for adopting the change. It seems pretty obvious that the average person doesn't grok/like using folders (everything goes on the desktop). I was excited when Microsoft and Apple seemed experimental in the late 90's early 2000's with WinFS and Smart Folders. That kind of fizzled out. I think the reliability prevents adoption and it's a bit of a chicken and the egg with architecture vs presentation. Gmail supporting tags instead of folders seemed to drive everyone nuts for awhile (it still seems to come up when exposing it to other clients). https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/railroad-gauge-chariots/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/railroad-gauge-chariots/