even on payed content. It was nice while it lasted.

You forgot to invite Larry Ellison and Darl McBride to the party...

Given the general negative reception of GNOME 3 (and Unity and to a lesser extend still also KDE 4), it surprises me that I haven't seen it much mentioned on the net that KDE 3 is back as a DE choice. Now if only the MATE (GNOME 2 continuation) was also included...

Wat is er mis met een OS in het Nederlands? ;-)
(What's wrong with an OS in Dutch?)

Anecdotal... but here (Netherlands) actually sometimes used by the traffic police. In those cases, they drive at a steady pace of 70 km/h in the middle of the highway on unusually busy days. This works beautifully, as no body dares to overtake the police car and has smoothing effect on the traffic behind. This works much better than matrix signs above the road indicating a 70 km/h speed limit, which everybody ignores. IMHO, the major factor contributing to traffic jams is the severe lack of discipline on the road, probably caused by the (perceived) anonymity in a car...