How great would it be to have a lean, mean system that would do the basics, and leave some of the add-ons to other companies.
The lean, mean part, could be done. The leaving of the add-ons to other companies - ain't NEVER gonna happen.
You're at the computer store. You're looking at three boxes. One's got OSX. One's got Linux and the third has this Windows 'Lite' Midori on board. You compare features.
Linux comes with all manner of bells, whistles, doo-dads, gee-gaws and other stuff.
OSX comes with it's plethora of goodies.
Midori comes with... Nothing but a few utilities?
The average computer user will look at the feature list and will NOT like the idea of having to buy this, that and the other thing. Having to buy MS Office is bad enough. They WANT the bells and whistles. They WANT the goodies. They WANT bang for the buck.
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