Low impact. It's not the sort of thing that drives PM promotions, right? If you look at the Gates era it was all about huge ideas like replacing the fs with a d

Low impact. It's not the sort of thing that drives PM promotions, right? If you look at the Gates era it was all about huge ideas like replacing the fs with a database, unified RPC architectures etc. Small things like a better terminal emulator, improved zip support didn't get a look-in because you can't easily communicate them. They just sort of ambiently sit around until someone notices them and is marginally more satisfied than they were previously. These days the big ideas have gone away, so the small polish finally gets attention.