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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by aexaey on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:18AM (#10518491)
I've seen a (reasonably big) company that has deployed a Citrix VDI cluster exactly for this purpose - for MacOSX/Linux users to deal with both of problems you have listed, plus a third one:

* Legacy Intranet websites that only work in IE.

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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by Ao7bei3s on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:21AM (#10518502)
Sure, it might work for big companies.

The person I'm talking about is self-employed and not, erm, technologically affine, so why not just stick with Windows?

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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by aexaey on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:29AM (#10518526)
Sounds like that is an excellent opportunity for this person to invest some time into honing one's technical skills.

> why not just stick with Windows?

Hm... because Windows is essentially a platform for Microsoft and assorted 3rd parties (most of which are not even affiliated with them) to spy on and meddle with you beyond any reasonable control or limitations?

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