Thursday
Mar112010
Situational Ethics And Computer Repair
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 2:23AM
To my peers...lets bring ethics back to the PC repair business.
I confronted a tech the other day about using a "free for personal use" product in a corporate environment and I was told "everybody does it". My answer was no... not everyone. There are a few very good virus removal tools on the market that are "free for personal use". When an IT consultant visits a job site and installs a "free for personal use" tool on your Corporate PC, they are breaking the EULA "End User License Agreement". Most companies that provide free virus removal tools also sell feature enhanced versions of the same tools. The free tools are supported and improved by funds received from the commercial products sales. Ethical technicians need to support the companies that produce these great free products. Without the funds, both the free and pay versions will suffer and the bad guys will have a far easier time infecting your PC.
OK, so the challenge I have for my peers....
1. Bring Ethics back into the PC Repair Business.
2. Actually read the EULA before you install that free application on a Corporate PC.
3. Support the companies that provide you with malware removal tools.
To everyone else..Have a nice day :-) and don't forget those Windows updates.
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I confronted a tech the other day about using a "free for personal use" product in a corporate environment and I was told "everybody does it". My answer was no... not everyone. There are a few very good virus removal tools on the market that are "free for personal use". When an IT consultant visits a job site and installs a "free for personal use" tool on your Corporate PC, they are breaking the EULA "End User License Agreement". Most companies that provide free virus removal tools also sell feature enhanced versions of the same tools. The free tools are supported and improved by funds received from the commercial products sales. Ethical technicians need to support the companies that produce these great free products. Without the funds, both the free and pay versions will suffer and the bad guys will have a far easier time infecting your PC.
OK, so the challenge I have for my peers....
1. Bring Ethics back into the PC Repair Business.
2. Actually read the EULA before you install that free application on a Corporate PC.
3. Support the companies that provide you with malware removal tools.
To everyone else..Have a nice day :-) and don't forget those Windows updates.
Before you go, check out some of our other links.
Free Stuff and Great Deals /deals/
Follow Me on Twitter http://twitter.com/scccpj
Follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/clarkcomputerconsulting
Use the following link to get an extra 250MB of storage when you sign up for Dropbox.https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTEyODQxMjE5
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Good points...
There are lots of freeware out there and available for personal use covering all types of computer functions.
The corporate versions of all those programs come for a fee.
All technicians need to follow the proper guidelines.