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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by christophilus on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:43PM (#15727513)
There are desktop computers which are in shared environments (computer labs, public libraries, kiosks, teller lines, etc). So user-based permission models make a lot of sense for desktops.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday November 18, 2017 @12:39PM (#15729892)
Not really. There are better solutions than user permissions for those situations, we used them all the time in the 90s when multi-user didn't even exist in the Windows or Mac Desktop world.

Network resources, hosted on servers, need user permissions. Not desktops.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by jenscow on Friday November 17, 2017 @10:05PM (#15727572)
In those environments the same local user account is usually used. Or, a network account and in that case files are usually stored on a server.
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