Projecting?
But aren't you really the exception to the rule? Most people in my organization are highly connected through social networking. I actually feel like I should pay more attention to LinkedIn than I do. It is a growing and important part of professional networking that I neglect far too often. Twitter has taken a back-seat to me for Google+, but that doesn't mean Twitter is something that can be ignored - it is still a huge source of social networking traffic.
So while you're thinking your users are going to be irate for the same reasons you are - you're missing the features that most of them are likely to really appreciate that you just don't have any use for.
Our organization recently deployed Microsoft Lync. There was a lot of hesitation in our organization about deploying something seen as a corporate re-branding of Microsoft IM. I was among those that were dubious. It turns out that yes, IM is an excellent tool for corporate communications. My biggest a-ha moment so far was when I was on a conference call, and I needed to communicate something to another person on the same call without interrupting the call itself. I sent them an IM, even heard it chime over the teleconference, heard them pause as they read it, and then they addressed the point. This is an efficiency *gain* for an organization. Just because everyone thinks that it will just be used by employees to chat all day doesn't make that true.
But again, there are other benefits. Tangible benefits in performance and security. Do you know that prior to Windows 8, AV wasn't guaranteed to be the first things to load? Now all systems files are digitally signed, and AV will load before any additional resident programs, services or other vectors for infection. There are *enterprise* security, reliability and availability benefits to the design of Windows 8. You're ignoring those because you're unhappy the start menu is gone... when it is actually the FIRST thing you see in Windows 8 and it takes up the *entire* screen.
