Is this fictional company really not going to spend $40-60 on a Win8 license to have a test machine? Or, if you're a contractor, won't you? All professionals ha

Is this fictional company really not going to spend $40-60 on a Win8 license to have a test machine? Or, if you're a contractor, won't you? All professionals have to spend some money to keep up with their field. Most professions don't have free versions of all their required tools available either.