Looks like there is a lot of energy about windows 8 even amongst insiders. This article is a from a windows centric website, read mostly by Microsoft developers and technology people.
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8-sales-well-below-projections-plenty-blame-go-around
Whats most interesting about this is the comments at the bottom. These are comments from people who work primarily with Microsoft software, and they have some pretty choice words for how Microsoft is rolling out the new windows.