starkers, the Doctor I go to is part of a Health Care Provider system that has three Hospitals and several clinics within a 25 mile radius. 

I would agree that it's the software they use that dictates the OS.  

I'm not all that sure Microsoft would look kindly on a third party making a program that essentially allows folks to shut off part of their OS.  Just guessing here. 

True, MS mightn't like it, but it's the price they'll pay if they refuse to listen to those who use the OS... and from what I'm seeing right across the board, all over the internet, there's a majority saying they'll not buy it unless drastic changes are made.

It's not really shutting anything off. More like bypassing the BS.

Which is a good point, businesses see the PC as a tool. It's the software that is important, they only care about an UI if it increases productivity. Why upgrade a computer when it's doing its job.

I think Microsoft is forgetting what made Windows such a successful OS ... the business community. Software was developed for Windows which became the standard for an office computer. Schools teach students to use the PC because of the software ... everyone uses Windows.

If Microsoft comes along and makes a UI which business don't want to use, I can't see them upgrading ... even worst, they might look at another OS.

Would they really care if it meant people were migrating to the new OS?
I have to say though, i don't even understand why MS is going with metro? It's not like MS dominate the tablet market or anything?

It would be one thing if MS tablets were the dominate device, but are they? i don't know anyone using a MS OS on anything other than their desktop, so why even bother with metro in the first place.

Only tablet users will really love it. (generally speaking)

I'm pretty certain they'll be fine with it.  It's nothing new to them as it's been going on ever since shells were created to alter Windows 3.  [that's the earliest I remember.... look up Calmira ....or earlier... Gorin Desktop ...a Dos one]...

Not really hard to understand.  There's no 'ROI' on OS upgrades in the medical office environment - docs don't get paid any more than they did using the old OS and there's simply nothing in the way of productivity gain to be had.  As machines die and are replaced with new Win7 machines, all the old (actual work) software continues to run just fine, so the only driver of 'OS creep' is hardware failure (the new OS is forced on you at that point).  Absent hardware failure, money spent on upgrading an OS is pure (completely unnecessary) expense.  We still have a couple of Win2k machines built May of 1997; special-purposed but happily humming along.

Side note:  Wish you could still buy decent dot-matrix printers, actually - those who have them keep them till they die.

Damn, I guess I could be wrong, first time this year............NOT!  

You have a still?

I do actually. My chainsaw is a Still, damn fine piece of machinery it is!! LOL

Stihl ....

Stihl the walking dictionary, I see.