Reporting that Google stops using Windows

Source: Internet
Author: User

A report in The Financial Times (Chinese version) claims that Google has stopped using Windows internally for security considerations. At present, there are no independent sources to confirm this message except the report in the Financial Times. The Financial Times only quotes comments from anonymous Google employees.

According to the report, Google officially issued internal commands for switching to other operating systems in January this year... for Google, which has more than 10 thousand employees worldwide, this directive may end the use of Windows systems in the company. A Google employee said: "We no longer use Windows. This is a security effort ." Another employee said: "Many people have migrated to Apple Mac OS after Google's Chinese hacker attack ." New employees of Google can choose to use Apple's Mac or a PC running the Linux operating system. One employee said: "Linux is open-source and we are very satisfied. Microsoft is not that reassuring ." Employees who want to continue using Windows must be approved by the company's "senior management. One employee said, "obtaining a new computer running Windows must now be approved by the CIO ."

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