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Subject:Re: How do you use VMs? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 2 Aug 2016 11:10:15 -0700
If you're on Windows, you can use VMs to test software that doesn't
run on Windows and to test web applications on multiple versions of
MSIE.
The other major use case for tech writers is running Windows-only
software such as Flare and FrameMaker on Macs.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Janoff, Steven
<Steven -dot- Janoff -at- hologic -dot- com> wrote:
> ... What would installing/creating/spinning up a VM do for me that would add value to my work? ...
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