When Windows 3.1 came out I had a hard time understanding any of it and never left my cozy DOS CLI with its Norton Commander.
Granted I was still a child, but one might think that mouse-first and colorfulness would have driven my curiosity. Instead I switched when Windows 95 arrived.
Care to provide sources? So far you only quoted RUSI and what he says about himself....
Oh wait, nevermind, I just realized I don't really care