It has been about a week since Financial Times announced that Google was phasing out Microsoft Windows from their environment. Although employees at Google have the choice between Mac OS X and Linux, most of them are choosing Mac OS X. Apparently the move was sparked by a hack at Google's Chinese facility. Google, according to the Financial Times report, is phasing out Windows due to security concerns.
My thoughts on this? It's about time! Wow. Finally someone sees the light and understands the cost of the security mess Windows represents. The OS is old and based on a foundation that is pre-Internet and pre-networking for that matter. Networking didn't become a big part of Windows until Windows for Workgroups 3.11, after it was well on it's way to mass adoption by end users and businesses alike. In other words, security and networking (and networking is where security is most critical) were an afterthought for Windows. Whereas UNIX operating systems like Mac OS X and Linux were born with networking and security in their genes. That is not to say they are never vulnerable, it's just that they are harder to hack than Windows in a normal, everyday use situation.
Google employs approximately 10,000 people. That is a nice amount of new Mac and Linux users to welcome to the non-Windows fold. Welcome Google!!
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