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by frb7 hours ago |
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upvoteby demetris6 hours ago|
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I think pjmlp is just being contrarian.

First, the Microsoft browser these days is Edge, not IE. IE is dead.

Second, if you want, or wanted in the past, to test on Internet Explorer without a Windows computer, you could just virtualize Windows. Windows can be legally virtualized on any hardware and on any host operating system.

Starting from 2013, you didn’t even need to pay for a Windows license to do that:

https://archive.org/details/modern.ie-vm

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upvoteby pjmlp5 hours ago|
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Nope, making a point.

You would still need a VM for that.

Just like you can get a macOS VM, plenty of ways to get them.

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upvoteby demetris5 hours ago|
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What plenty of ways?

How can I run a macOS virtual machine LEGALLY on my Linux or Windows machine?

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upvoteby simondotau4 hours ago|
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Are seriously asking with a straight face? Just do what a generation of people have done with Windows and run an unlicensed version of macOS. There's a whole generation of people who can recite Windows product keys off by heart. (FCKGW, anyone?) Entire empires of indie web development will have been done on improperly licensed versions of Windows.

As for people working in a serious professional corporation that cannot condone casual piracy, buy a Mac mini and expense it, or get an account on MacStadium.

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upvoteby pjmlp3 hours ago|
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There are the illegal ones, and the legal ones on cloud providers.
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upvoteby pjmlp5 hours ago|
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Making a point that Microsoft just like Apple, didn't necessarily made it easier.

Naturally Chrome forks work everywhere, given that so many devs have sponsored Google's takeover the Web.

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upvoteby TheAceOfHearts3 hours ago|
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Microsoft actually offered free VMs with different OS and IE versions to make testing easier.
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