It hasn't even been released yet and we want out start menu back!

As you may know, Windows 8 is due out this coming Friday.  I've been using it for over a month and one of my annoyances is that there is no start menu anymore.  I feel like I am on an Android device trying to figure out where everything I used to know has been moved to.  Not sure why Microsoft chose to make the learning curve for Windows 8 a bit steep, but oh well.  If you are a start menu junkie, I have a fix for you (forgive the pun).  Try Stardock's Start 8.  What it does is simple, brings back the start menu.  It's free in Beta until final release, which then becomes a $5 program.  If that is too much for you, think again, you have no idea of how taxing it is to get used to navigating windows without a start menu.