Google moving away from Windows

So, Google is "moving away" from Windows...

http://www.neowin.net/news/google-ditching-windows-for-linux-and-mac

I found two comments which are spot on imho :

"Interesting, they are migrating away from Windows because of a flaw in a 9 year old browser on a platform that is two versions out of date." 

"However, they feel pretty good about a closed-source implementation of an open source operating system on locked-in hardware?"

So wait, in January this year, Google were still running machines on windows XP and IE6, and this is Microsofts fault?

What?

Am I the only one thinking it's lame to blame Microsoft instead of blame employees to do normal web surfing with IE6 at this date? IE8 has been out for ages...

I thought IE6 should only be used to test browser compatability in any business environment.

It sounds just like someone using RH9 as desktop then found himself be hacked, then blame Linux for being not secure.

-comment deleted because I neglected to read the part about them using Macs-

fknight said:

-comment deleted because I neglected to read the part about them using Macs-

What part?

The one where they use the OS that ALWAYS fall first in the pwn2own contests? The one with the weakest security of them all? The one with the undisclosed patches?

Thought so

In my opinion Google is a one trick pony (advertising).  They have been making a lot of dumb moves lately that really have me questioning their long term viability.  This is just another in a long list of dumb moves.  Once WP7 comes out I am going to be wiping out every Google account I have ever used and never looking to them again. 

Microsoft released the best OS ever and NOW Google decides to stop using Windows.  Huh??

Google abandoning Windows? From a security standpoint it makes no sense, as @ryannaraine explains: 

--- Not explained in your piece: what exactly is a *better* security mitigation than not using Windows.

This Jan 2010 ZDNet post is still relevant: Will switching from Internet Explorer make you safer? 

Dovella said:

Google abandoning Windows? From a security standpoint it makes no sense, as @ryannaraine explains: 

 

--- Not explained in your piece: what exactly is a *better* security mitigation than not using Windows.

 

This Jan 2010 ZDNet post is still relevant: Will switching from Internet Explorer make you safer? 

Dovella, please, stop using URL shorteners.

This isn't twitter. There is no length limit to your posts. Just use the full URL, or make a link.

this is a non-news story. marketing fluff. there are plenty of shops using only macs, some using only *nix, but even with the mac shops, they're stilling running office if not for any other reason, to play nice with others.

call me when they get everyone (read not only front facing admin staff) using chromium only. right now, you can't do much rich media creation in the browser, or even dev work for that matter.

jh71283 said:

So wait, in January this year, Google were still running machines on windows XP and IE6, and this is Microsofts fault?

 

What?

Apparently some companies look at using IE6 as a feature because a lot of sites (including Facebook) won't work correctly with it.

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This is a pretty silly policy.  You should just let your employees use whatever OS gets the job done.  Windows is easily the most practical OS out there.

If I was the cynical sort, and I am, I might suggest that Google has been pushing it's internal staff to move off Microsoft Office for a long time in order to get better usage data from it's online tools but has faced a lot of internal pushback from staff who just don't consider it a viable alternative. Forcing them off Windows and more in the direction of a platform where Docs provides the a more common experience might help their internal dogfooding efforts.

To use an IE6 flaw as justification in this day and age is a bit daft though, it hardly presents an image of a cutting edge computing giant.

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blowdart said:

Dovella said:

*snip*

THIS ISN'T TWITTER.

Annoyng? 

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