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I did not say that there was no advantage to other filesystem layouts. I said that the existing layout isn't purely sadistic. It is like that for a good reason and any attempt to change it will necessarily have to take in to account the advantages of the current system, throwing out as few as possible.

Most people wanting to 'fix' *nix directory structures do not understand them and so throw the baby out with the bathwater. Their proposals fail to gain acceptance and they are left wondering why.

I am all for a revised FSH, but you can't simply throw it all away because it's ugly or because you found something else that worked for you, once.

To reply to a specific point regarding /bin/ -> /apps/. This may seem like a good idea, but most apps are not in and should not be in /bin/ (thus not in /apps/). So, you see, it is never that simple. You could simply rename all bin dirs to apps or system-apps, which is fine by me. But, as I said, there is only a small gain in comprehension if you do this and there is massive work involved in converting existing software (and people) over to use it. The gains are thus not great enough and people don't do it.

Not that you couldn't. I encourage you to start your own distro and do just this, and other things if you think they're improvements. Maybe it will catch on (but I doubt it).