The problem is not Gavin or someone else stopping working on Bitcoin software. The problem is what to do if devs are secretly forced by government to include some kind of timebomb in software and when majority upgrades then kaboom! and network is broken and the user trust with it.
That would be sad.
Because nobody ever builds from source or even looks at the source. Ever. That just doesn't happen.
Nimda, I usually look at the source before I compile.
You wouldn't be saying that if you were a Windows systems admin.
Or if you wanted to check your local or gateway IP. Or a bunch of other things. The command line in Windows is just for the more advanced users who know what they can get out of it.
It isn't very well written. Something with bash-like syntax would be better.