Google bans Windows OS at work
This might be a sign of of desperation. Google 'getting rid of Windows'. Google is reported to be getting rid of desktop PCs running Microsoft. Windows across the corporation to eliminate a security risk.
The Financial Times reports that the company, which has more than 10,000 staff worldwide, is now offering new recruits the choice of using computers running the free Linux operating system or Apple Macintosh computers.
The company refused to confirm or deny the reports, issuing a brief comment saying that it would not discuss "operational issues".
Microsoft, however, claimed that the move was simply part of Google's attempts to standardize on its new in-house operating system, called ChromeOS.
The shift away from Windows is claimed to have begun in January, after Google realized that the operating system had been part of a chain of weaknesses that allowed a damaging attack against some of its core systems by Chinese hackers in December.
The Financial Times reports that the company, which has more than 10,000 staff worldwide, is now offering new recruits the choice of using computers running the free Linux operating system or Apple Macintosh computers.
The company refused to confirm or deny the reports, issuing a brief comment saying that it would not discuss "operational issues".
Microsoft, however, claimed that the move was simply part of Google's attempts to standardize on its new in-house operating system, called ChromeOS.
The shift away from Windows is claimed to have begun in January, after Google realized that the operating system had been part of a chain of weaknesses that allowed a damaging attack against some of its core systems by Chinese hackers in December.
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