//Google dumps Windows
Originally posted on T3chH3lp by Sean Zahrae
Remember the Google China (Google.cn) hacking incident where Google claims that some of their source code was stolen through a vulnerability in the ever so popular Internet Explorer packaged with the Microsoft Windows Operating System? I mean it’s no secret with IT employees that Windows requires more security work than other Operating System, but Google seems to be taking the hit pretty hard. As of June 1st, Google unofficially announced that they plan on dumping the entire Windows OS from all of it’s systems and offering all Google employees: Macs or PC’s running Linux. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that Google is blaming Microsoft for it’s intellectual property leak (hint hint…) Bitterness? maybe…but Google has a point. Although Microsoft is somewhat adept at patching Windows with updates, the OS has a multitude of security issues and Google might be saving millions of dollars in wasted time used to configuring, maintaining, and general upkeep on these PC’s (not to mention the cost of 20,000+ Windows licenses).
