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“Web-based computing has these advantages: It doesn’t matter what kind of computer you use. Mac, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu — they’re all the same. It doesn’t matter whose computer you’re using, or where. You don’t have to drag hard drives or USB sticks or even computers around with you, or copy files between a desktop and a laptop machine to keep them up to date. You just sit down wherever you get a web connection and dig in. Everything you need is stored in the internet ‘cloud.’” While it doesn’t matter what computer you use, it does matter which browser you use and Firefox — the best, imho — is available across all the aforementioned platforms as are many of the mission critical extensions. This makes for an easy transition to any operating system.”

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