"But no thank you Microsoft.  No thank you spreadshi^Heets.  No thank you 
    Unix.  No thank you C++.  No thank you unmodifiable syntax.  No thank you 
    von Neumann architectures.  No thank you unrepentant snake oil industry 
    that has lured us into performing the same old menial tasks by mouse instead 
    of by lever and duped almost everyone involved into thinking of this as some 
    kind of progress."

spreadsheets? Unix? C++? Unmodifiable syntax? The theory behind every single one of these concepts was to save time.

Faster calculations, an OS with a simple concept applied everywhere, a language implementing an interesting design pattern, a style designed to reduce bugs.

I don't think I follow this story.