Interesting.
The idea is to be first to market with a less than perfect product and get as many people familiar and comfortable with your product to make changing and relearning and alternative not worth the hassle.
This backfires when you create a stable platform with “enough” functionality to satisfy every need the user has prevent any desire for “improvements” most will never need.
Meet XP with MS Office Suite (our house PC)
Granted I have a Pumped up MacPro for the Music Studio, but XP satisfies for basic home.
What kind of OS does one need to write letters, do some home finances, facebook, an play the occasional video or CD?
XP!..........................