If KDE developers built cars:

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Twelve large trucks pull up to your house, full of parts, and dump them on your lawn. One of the drivers hands you a sheet of paper indicating that KDE produces the finest, sleekest, prettiest car known to man, and that part of their design philosophy is maximum configurability. They further explain that, as they don't feel it's morally acceptable to impose design decisions on you, they'll let you choose what sort of car you want KDE to be. To reduce confusion, it comes with a helpful Startup Wizard to walk you through the initial setup:

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  1. To make your car look and feel like a BMW, assemble the following parts: AZ3-4522, BF25-C (you will need fifteen of these), QR42 (you will need six of these)...
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  2. To make your car look and feel like a Ferrari...
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The wizard concludes with this:

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We apologize if this seems overly complex, but removing even one option from the possibilities KDE offers would obviously cripple the entire system and leave you with a subpar vehicle. We hope you understand.

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Oh, and regarding this:

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And Gnome is such a win that they just lost a whole distro. Real 'demand'. I think we'll see more before this is done.

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Nice FUD there, Ace! While you were busy not reading Slackware's release notes, your grandma was trying to figure out whether she sets her home page though "Settings", "Options", "Preferences" or "Configuration". It's a win!