Ken's comments are very interesting (and ring authentic to me). I understand and agree with Moshe that this is a problem that is not being dealt with by Drupal right now as an information architecture problem. However I also believe that there are solution sets that will deal with many common problems (like the one's that Ken has outlined). If we had another module "layer" and made the system easier for folks to create distros it would go a long way towards improving usability for a large number of users (IMHO).
Agreed. While this might not be Drupal's fault, I'm confident this is a common problem. If there is anything we can do to overcome common problems, I'm all ears. I, for one, am very much interested in the results of their study, as well as their proposed solution(s). -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/