Gnome is already taking it on the chin for Gnome-3.
I work for a Linux distributor, and I don’t know anybody who likes Gnome-3.
Besides, there are many window managers besides Gnome, KDE, and Unity. For the ultimate in simplicity, there is always Tom’s Window Manager, or, for real hard cases, there’s ...
# init 3
:)
I haven’t tried Gnome-3, is it that bad? I’ve been fooling with Unity since Ubuntu introduced it, trying to give it time to grow on me... and I just can’t get there. I’ve been seriously looking at KDE based distros and/or Kubuntu.