[PCWorld]

Post your comments for Windows 8 adoption will take a while, says Microsoft here

[Greywoof]

In other words, business users, we wrote you off.

[GetReal]

MS = do it my way or hit the highway! We don't care what you want for n OS.

[berock212]

It's not surprising that it will take a while for businesses to go onboard with windows 8. It takes a while to port a new operating system onto a network and first they would have to see positive results with other company's using windows 8 use such a unique operating system.

[MrHistamine]

In related news: businesses still take a significant amount of time to upgrade their software and systems. Business adoption and implementation of a one-month-old OS is "surprisingly" low...

Many of the businesses have just now started upgrading to W7; as the executive said, we'll have to watch how well W8-based devices integrate with their W7 environments (as a majority will most likely not be switching to W8 any time soon).

[thewazak]

"Business adoption and implementation of a one-month-old OS is "surprisingly" low..."

LMFAO ! (I love cynicism.)

But no wonder the MS haters are having a field day - they REALLY are having problems coming to grips with the new order, with a cross device platform - in which that Californian company is no longer king.
(Not that it ever was - in the real world. It takes more than a high "theoretical" market valuation to be king.)

[max999]

More like NEVER!

At least where I work!

[MKZ1945]

I'm closing in on age 70 and it took me almost 2 hours to get as comfortable with Windows 8 as I am with Windows 7. Most people just don't like change if it involves a learning curve they feel is too steep for them. Many probably only use their computer for games and the Internet and would not know what you were talking about if you asked them to partition a hard drive. Yes, business will be slow to adapt. Businesses I have worked with don't jump on new operating systems until they know the bugs are worked out and that they're proprietary software can be made compatible. Typically, by the time they swap to a newer operating system their employees have already done so on their home machines, which greatly reduces any learning curve needed at the work site. Many Business jumped on Windows XP shortly after it was released and none that I was associated with considered Vista, but are now moving towards Windows 7. One, that I am aware of, has chosen to slowly transition towards Linux through use of a Virtual environment on their computers. If Microsoft can get its act together regarding merging the PC environment with the portable devices in a practical manner it could speed up the adaptation of Windows 8.