Re: [libreplanet-discuss] How respond to a tech support technician that insists on needlessly installing proprietary software?

2014-04-21 Thread Mary-Anne Wolf
This won't be the response you want, but as someone who has worked in support: The goal is to provide sufficiently good service to as many customers as possible with as small and low paid a staff as possible. Thus, requiring the staff to be able to use a greater variety of software would cost mor

[libreplanet-discuss] How respond to a tech support technician that insists on needlessly installing proprietary software?

2014-04-21 Thread zerothis baud
Very often technicians start down the path of having me install software without saying what they're doing. I've gotten to where I can recognise this and respond with directly to the issues they will suppose makes it necessary for them to have their software and only their software installed. If it