Is Apple working on Mavericks slowness?

Once I installed OSX 10.9, I immediatly noticed it was solwer on my 13-inch MBP Mid 2012 i5 core, but i thought it was to the fact that it was the first release of the os.
But after installing 10.9.2 it is still slow, maybe slower, in all the most common operations, such as booting up or launching apps.
Do you think Apple is working on 10.9.2 slowness? I am really thinking to downgrade to Mountain Lion.

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You were contacted by Apple to download Mavericks? Really?
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