I don't know what the founders of Gnome and KDE believed. What I do
know is that Apple was able to create Aqua for MacOS X in less time than
KDE and Gnome have existed. As far as I can tell, Aqua is generally
regarded as superior to just about all other desktops in terms of
consistency, usability, and look and feel. The Linux desktop efforts
are just beginning to understand things about UI design that Apple has
known for years. Consistency *is* a good thing.
As an aside, Aqua is a direct descendent of Display Postscript (from NeXT), it has a *ton* of history. They most definitely didn't write it overnight. They just turned Display Postscript into Display PDF and then renamed it with a marketing name.
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