Not giving money to Microsoft
January 22, 2010
Filed under Testing, Web Design
Tags: browser testing, browsers, Internet Explorer, SDRuby, Web Design
Last week I had a great email conversation with the San Diego Ruby Users Group (SDRuby). I told them “I’m on a mac. I have parallels, but no windows license. I need to test stuff in IE and don’t want to buy Windows. I have absolutely no other reason to use Windows than occasionally testing stuff on IE, thus the full cost of a windows 7 license just isn’t justifiable.”
The response from the group was incredible. It was obvious that this is a pain point for many of us who have turned our backs on Ballmer.
I got seven suggestions. Here’s a breakdown of each followed by my conclusions: (Read More)