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The lesser of two evils
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 10:08 AM EDT
W7 in a VM is nice and safely contained.

Mono in Linux is not.

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The lesser of two evils
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 10:10 AM EDT
It's more like I'll wash a wound with alcohol, but I won't drink it.

Running dangerous and suspect programs in a VM give you one more layer of
protection. If it goes rogue then it has to first escape the VM to harm your
system.

How many people take a close look at what's actually in the package that they
have downloaded? Can you really trust someone who gives you mono?

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Quarantine
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 12:17 PM EDT
Setting up a virtual quarantine is far better than infecting a system with Mono,
the disease only Miguel can love.

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The lesser of two evils
Authored by: daveg on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 12:52 PM EDT

Looks like other commentors covered this quite well before I got back here.

To answer, yes, I think that running Win7 in a VM is better than installing mono on my laptop. I can isolate it better, so to speak, and I own the laptop. Depending on the contract, I have on occasion needed Windows for other uses as well (one idiotic web console that would only work correctly with IE, for instance). I don't get to pick the contracts; I work where the company sends me. Win7 in a VM is the best solution from my standpoint.

--

daveg, who won't type anything after his name this time....

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