I agree that there is too much focus on "intuitiveness," but I'm neither a programmer (I'm working on it) nor a sysadmin, and I'd like a more robust user interface too! I have a lot of work to get done, and I'm willing to learn a different set of interface axioms than the ones we've been working with for the last few decades.

Here's the beginning of my thinking on the subject: http://blog.byjoemoon.com/post/9325300749/a-different-kind-o...

It's great to hear other voices in this discussion, though!