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Re:Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows by lanekelly on Saturday July 05, 2014 @08:40AM (#7991733)
Considering this, what are the odds of MS ever shipping IE clients for OSX and Linux?
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Re:Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows by extra88 on Saturday July 05, 2014 @08:52AM (#7991751)
You mean ship IE for OS X again like they did before Apple made Safari? For a time, IE for Mac was the very best browser.

I could see them doing it if it was a gateway to an ecosystem the way Chrome is for Google. For "Linux" i.e. some specific variant that became popular with consumers.

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Re:Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows by pling on Saturday July 05, 2014 @12:25PM (#7992284)
Medium for OSX. Unlikely for Linux - they'd be laughed out of the building.

They shipped IE5 for Unix a long while back believe it or not!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX

I actually tripped over a solitary installation of it about 5 years ago as well!

As for IE for Mac - that was around forever ago.

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Re:Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows by nailer on Saturday July 05, 2014 @02:22PM (#7992578)
Desktop Linux isn't a popular consumer platform (maybe Steam Box will change that).

For Android? It's possible. They do sell Android phones.

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