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Not just that, for majority of corporate customers the OS is the last thing on their mind. Your office workers are going to complain about anything unfamiliar.
I've had end users complain because the icon for the link to our intranet on their desktop changed. They freaked the fuck out.
Folks. It's the same shitty IIS server. Just a different icon.
When Microsoft changed Office to the ribbon menu system I had to design and run a whole training program with multiple trainers to travel the country to teach people in our company how to use it. All of the helper tools and documentation were not enough.
People absolutely freak out at change when it comes to computers especially.