LOL! As in politics, in bleeding edge technology, a lie travels around the world twice before the truth can get its boots on.
The rumor mill is the most robust operation there is, there are always people willing to believe the worst about anything.
I think a lot depends on the type of company you work for. If your work is on the cutting edge of technology, then you are probably correct, but if you work for a large corporation, they simply cannot afford to switch OSes with every evolutionary step. Remember that Win 7 is actually Win 6.1...
Lebon14, I disagree. I don't think that Windows 8 is directed at businesses. Before Win 7, most businesses were scraping by on XP. XP met all of their needs and there was no reason to upgrade to Vista. Once Win 7 came out and proved itself to be a really good, stable platform, businesses...