EDIT: still digging. Here's another interesting post:
"We mean that we want to be the first to offer a desktop OS that doesn’t include any way for the user to manage files. ... We think that files should be accessed from the applications that the user will use them in."
Re:Elementary OS
by tmcw on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @10:20AM
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Indeed; this website is apparently designed for people who already know what it is, and the two links (Donate and Pre-Order) are bizarre. Why donate to a commercial project? Why pre-order an open source project?
http://elementary-project.com/news/what-is-elementary-and-wh...
EDIT: still digging. Here's another interesting post:
"We mean that we want to be the first to offer a desktop OS that doesn’t include any way for the user to manage files. ... We think that files should be accessed from the applications that the user will use them in."
http://elementary-project.com/news/just-do/
Later, however, they talk about adding Nautilus (a file browser) and somehow adapting to adhere with the above philosophy.