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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft? by dmethvin on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:44PM (#1701774)
Even most casual developers can afford $200 for a Windows license to run on VMWare. Contrast that with testing Mac software in VMWare with a Linux or Windows host -- we can't legally do it because it's against Apple's license.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft? by mmelin on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:55PM (#1701811)
While I somewhat agree that Apple's licensing of OS X is overly restrictive (though the reasons for those licensing terms are fairly complex), the OP is specifically talking about testing web apps in IE, which is the only browser with >1.0 percent market share that does not run on both Windows and OS X.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft? by superuser2 on Friday September 17, 2010 @08:56PM (#1703368)
If you're writing desktop software for a platform, I think it's perfectly reasonable to demand you buy into that desktop OS.

Windows devs can test their web apps on Safari for free, from right inside Windows. Why should I have to drop $200 to make my web app work for most Windows users? That's the point he's making.

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