I had a chat yesterday with the owner of one of the largest hardware/networking companies on Long Island,
He told me that his company can't sell a workstation with Win 8 on it to anyone but a home consumer.
Corporations, gov't agencies etc, all demand Win 7. Win 8 is simply a non-starter, period.
So his supplier does a Win 7 "downgrade" in order to make the H/W sale.
MS counts that as a Win 8 sale.
So this debacle is real.