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> When working with open source, sometimes it is best to use the tools appropriate to the projects you are working on or people you are working with

Which would be Chrome then (since it dominates browser share), instead of Safari.

Perhaps the person making the screenshots wanted to use a *nix system, but didn't want to be caught showing off the competition's product.

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I wasn't trying to make a browser politics statement in the post, but am glad to be able to work in the new Microsoft that is proud of whatever platform and tool works - including employees.

Personally I use Safari when I'm on battery all day (coffee shops, etc.), Chrome when I need multiple profile support, and I tend to split Chrome/Edge when in my Windows VM.

Recently minted Microsoft FTE here. Have Chrome and Firefox installed, do Linux stuff (Azure Cloud Solution Architect, customer-facing position). That "caught using the competition's product" thing doesn't match my experience here for the past month. At all.

I do sorely miss using a Mac (first time after nearly 10 years that I don't have one at hand, and it's a drag on productivity for me when I need to talk to Linux servers or run some tools locally), but I don't think anyone would blink twice if I brought my own Mac to the office, even considering that I'm at an European subsidiary.

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