Are we paid by MS ? Or have they threatened us in some way before ? Why should we police our users to have a valid Windows license?
We are here, ultimately, to save the user a few bucks and help them solve problems that they would otherwise have to pay for a solution. If we point users to pay for a license, why don't we point users to pay these tech support firms that fleece users for a few hundred dollars. Heck, we can even make a commission that way.
Ethically, we can frown hard on users that don't have an activated Windows and scold them as if they were children. But we shouldn't go as far as locking their threads and refusing help in any form If MS wants somebody to police for a valid license, let them find their own way. We are here to help ordinary people, not help big business. Our clients are the pensioners, minimum wage earners, kids in school. Big businesses don't need our help. Big businesses don't come here for help, they call their paid-for tech support. They have their own eco-system. Big firms offer specialized products, training and certifications to go along with it, and support contracts. We are outside of it all, and we shouldn't be policing for valid Windows licenses.
We are here, ultimately, to save the user a few bucks and help them solve problems that they would otherwise have to pay for a solution. If we point users to pay for a license, why don't we point users to pay these tech support firms that fleece users for a few hundred dollars. Heck, we can even make a commission that way.
Ethically, we can frown hard on users that don't have an activated Windows and scold them as if they were children. But we shouldn't go as far as locking their threads and refusing help in any form If MS wants somebody to police for a valid license, let them find their own way. We are here to help ordinary people, not help big business. Our clients are the pensioners, minimum wage earners, kids in school. Big businesses don't need our help. Big businesses don't come here for help, they call their paid-for tech support. They have their own eco-system. Big firms offer specialized products, training and certifications to go along with it, and support contracts. We are outside of it all, and we shouldn't be policing for valid Windows licenses.