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    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
      <email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
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  <title>Why do I need a virtual machine?</title>

  <p>A virtual machine can be useful when you need to run applications that will
  only run on another operating system, on Microsoft Windows™ for instance. A
  virtual machine can also be used during software development, to test in a
  pristine environment.</p>

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