It's not just a Microsoft thing. Name me any commercial software company where version 1.0 isn't a complete hot mess? in some capacity?

There is that, but I also suspect there's several other things that are affecting the adoption rate. I think the biggest elephant in that room is the prevalence of game streaming... How many people are using their machines to build content for YouTube/Twitch? That is very clearly a non-zero number. That is an activity that requires stability, and Windows 11 is a surprisingly bigger change than it looks... so stable, it's not... not if you're using somewhat professional tools like obs, xsplit Photoshop, etc.

Yes, but the mission itself completely changed during Haper's time in office at the urging of General Richard J. Hillier. From a mission of state infrastructure rebuilding to that of direct counter-insurgence. General Rick for the most part as be playing hero for a few things that Harper has pushed to through Parliament to maintain the mission while increasing military funding at the same time, while the military itself seems dogged enough with trying to contain the chaos within Afganistan and losing. In a odd manner, it's a rather personal 'Iraq' for the our country.