My thoughts exactly.

Not all computers are destined to be simple appliances. I see a Linux computer more like a musical instrument than an MP3 player. Claiming the CLI should be banished sounds to me like: "Why would you bother learning to play a guitar when you can buy an iPod that just works!?!"

There are options for people who need to do stuff without knowing how computers work. As for me, I like the power Linux gives me for doing "unconventional" things.

Much of the bad feelings toward Linux can perhaps be attributed to false marketing. No matter what Nokia or Canonical (Ubuntu) claim, some things in Linux require learning, and there's a segment of people who very much like to keep it that way.