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No, it is simply not business, or corporate, Windows 8 is great for interacting with people. For use in advertising and marketing. But the devices that grab customer attention and that executives cary to schedule their meetings are not the back bone of any industries. There is infrastructure that must be maintained. And those functions/tasks simply won't and CAN'T move as fast, mission critical tasks are not redesigned just because they can be. They are redesigned when they must be.A company that has barely any market share in mobile space convinces one of the world's largest air line companies to purchase 11,000 Surface tablets equipped with Windows 8 (an OS that you say isn't business friendly)... And you call that climbing a hill? What a smug comment.
P.S. You don't get to change the scope of the conversation by saying 'barely any market share in mobile' the conversation is not about mobile.
Well, Dos had a GUI that was ditched after 3.1. People were okey with that.I think the main problem is that the GUI is changing with no option to switch back. We didn't have a problem transitioning from DOS because, even to this day, we still have a DOS-like command prompt.
I've allready seen businesses utilize metro UI...
Holiday Inn express uses them in large touch screens at the check-in area as info kiosks for visitors. I actually used one to look up malls so I can get shoes before I went to Vegas so I can have something more comfy for walking around the MGM Grand. (easier then whipping out my phone at the time).
I've also seen restaurants use a metro app for orders as well and it makes the UI easier for the wait staff to use.
Those are all POS (Point of Service, not the other acronym...) uses, interacting with consumers, marketing etc. Change is fast in those areas. Change is not so fast for people maintaining very old architecture and large large databases.