By that measure we'd still be using DOS these days (which was also productive and usable... and indeed the initial backlash against this nrefangled "Windows 95"

By that measure we'd still be using DOS these days (which was also productive and usable... and indeed the initial backlash against this nrefangled "Windows 95" thing kept going for a while, not very dissimilar to the X11 vs Wayland debates)