[olug] Google phases out Microsoft Windows use

Dan Linder dan at linder.org
Wed Jun 2 13:47:07 UTC 2010


I'm now fully expecting a new onslaught of Linux-directed exploits to start
hitting my mailbox.

Thankfully the time from exploit-to-patch *should* be quicker, especially if
Google is one of the main targets.

This ought to lend some creditable data to the "many eyes make all problems
shallow" and "opensource patches faster" theories.

Dan

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 08:26, Kevin D. Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass at yahoo.com>wrote:

> http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6501P420100601
>
> The FT quoted one Google employee as saying: "We're not doing any more
> Windows. It is a security effort." Another said: "Getting a new Windows
> machine now requires CIO (chief information officer) approval."
>
>
> CIO approval?  Really?
>
> Wow, take THAT mr.bill...
>
> Kevin D. Snodgrass
>
>
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