Google gives Windows the boot and opts for Mac and Linux

Posted by twickline on Jun 2, 2010 12:25 PM EDT
Wine-Reviews; By Tom Wickline 		Mail this story
Print this story

With Apples market share growth increasing you really dont see a lot of companies moving from Windows-based computers to Macs. Sure, you will find mixed environments, with Macs predominantly in the creative departments. But, you dont typically see a complete departure from Windows. Well, Google is making the move from Windows based computers to Macs and Linux based computers.

Google is tired of security issues with Windows, and this is what they are doing about it:

“Were not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee. “Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said another. New hires are now given the option of using Apples Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we dont feel so good about.”

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
Not worth reading ComputerBob 2 1,275 Jun 2, 2010 8:37 PM

You cannot post until you login.