I don't get the hate this one's getting. I don't think Apple or Google are going to use a site like this for getting their logos made but there are millions of other blogs, social media handles who don't mind a decent looking logo or an idea they can customise further. I think this is an excellent effort and I can already see myself using it.
I understand the sentiment behind this, but in practice this is going to be a terrible idea, in my opinion. I can imagine the codebase littered with method1, method2 kind of edits all over quickly.
I know there is no end to this discussion so I'll just put in my 2cents and GTFO.
As a user of Windows systems in the 90s, the so called "openness" was precisely the reason I moved to using Linux. Most software available for Windows, in those days was crap, and I as a user needed something that worked, not mostly but, all the time. Linux gave me that. Even if there was just one office suite (star office, remember?), it worked.
After using Linux for about a decade or so, I moved to OS X, since Linux wasn't really going anywhere. The fabled desktop linux wasn't coming and everything seemed in a limbo.
OS X and Apple, for all it's faults, works, for the most part, for the user and that's why the platform is popular.
We guys here are talking and thinking with our developer hats, but users think very differently.
Is this your first time reading one of John's reviews ? The last few that I remember even had a programming section of some kind :-) And he does mention before beginning the Internals section that people can skip it and the geeks wouldn't mind.
I've observed my parents, wife and sister using OS X and they've NEVER ever quit an application "the Mac way". They just click the red cross and think that quits the application as it does on windows. The only person who gets upset about their behavior above is me and with this change, even I don't need to bother. I think it's a change for the better. The policy for automatic termination is VERY conservative so I doubt an application will be terminated when you really don't want it to.
I'm in India too and have a 1Mbps connection and downloaded Lion overnight yesterday. MTNL isn't known to be very stable but the Lion install was there in my applications folder in the morning so it does support resuming.
That said, Apple suggested they'll let users download Lion at Apple stores and since this is India we always can do some "jugaad". Why not try talking to the friendly guys at your neighborhood Apple store and they'll install Lion for you.