If folks are gonna drink the kool-aid, well...
... you really can't stop them from drinking the kool-aid!
If some people wish to turn a blind-eye to hard-learned past lessons, you gotta let them walk off the cliff so they might learn the lessons again. It *might* stick this time.
But, back to Win8 for a moment: We just tried the preview of Win8 Server in a test environment and found that they have a "console/text-only-install mode" now??? So, now you can have Windows with no windows??? Errr...
"Ummm... Yeah! That'd be great...! Did you get a copy of that memo? Well, you go ahead and make sure you do that, and I'll make sure you get another copy of that memo..."