Just did a rebuild, is there even a reason to activate Windows (10)? Google can't seem to give me a reason and just want to make sure I'm not making a mistake.

I've been dealing with a guy who knows almost nothing about tech and always insists on asinine systems and buzz words he's been sold by 3rd party vendors. Lately he really wants to replace our relational dbs with hdfs.

Our data is sub 10 gb in size.

I've been seriously considering making a contracting company and just preying on tech fools like this, I just don't know if I could ethically swallow it.

I spent most of my morning trying to fix something. My big breakthrough was when I realized Google didn't have the answer and I was on my own (working on something not in my expertise at all). Within 30 minutes of that it was fixed and I was left with the frustration my morning was gone, embarrassment it took so long, relief it was over, and self empowerment I'd done it on my own.