Google 'Getting Rid of Windows' – Newspaper Report
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 Google, 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 shift away from Windows is claimed to have begun in January, after Google realised 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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The Financial Times reports that Google, 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 shift away from Windows is claimed to have begun in January, after Google realised 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.
To read the article titled, “Google 'getting rid of Windows',” click here .
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