Google has suspended internal use of Microsoft’s Windows operating system amid security concerns related to the attack on its network late last year, according to a report.
The Financial Times reported on Monday that Google has begun telling new employees that they are no longer able to request Windows PCs, giving them the choice of Mac or Linux systems. Google has long offered its employees their choice of work operating system but will no longer do so, The Financial Times said, after an attack on Windows and Internet Explorer 6 resulted in the theft of Google intellectual property, believed to be source code, late last year.
Microsoft has never been a friendly face inside the Googleplex, but Google’s engineering-driven culture and need to test its software on a variety of systems usually meant that at least some portion of its employees preferred the Windows environment. Some Google employees will still be able to use Windows machines, but they will have to get special permission, according to the report.
Google has seen enough of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, suspending internal use of the OS amid security concerns related to the attack on its network late last year, according to a report.
