Microsoft Defends Itself Against Security Concerns; http://news.yahoo.com/s//zd/20100602/tc_zd/251391
Regards Sandeep Thakur On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Sandeep Thakur <[email protected]> wrote: > Google employees are slamming Microsoft's Windows operating system, > claiming security vulnerabilities in the OS left the company open to > Chinese hackers in January 2010, a new report says. According to the > *Financial > Times*, Google will ditch the internal use of Windows in exchange for > alternative > operating systems including the Mac OS, Linux, and Google's own > forthcoming Chrome OS operating system. > > The May 31 *Financial Times* article quotes only anonymous Google sources, > identifying them as several of Google's 10,000 employees. FT reporters David > Gelles and Richard Waters write: "*Employees wanting to stay on Windows > required clearance from 'quite senior levels', one employee said. 'Getting a > new Windows machine now requires CIO approval,' said another employee.*" > > Google officials have not tacitly denied the Windows ban on work computers, > issuing the following statement to the Reuters news agency: "We're always > working to improve the efficiency of our business, but we do not comment on > specific operational matters." > > The FT calls Google's anti-Windows policy "semi-formal" and said that some > laptops of "new hires" were still being outfitted with Windows, but all > internal desktop PCs for these employees would run non-Windows based > operating systems. > > Microsoft's dominant operating system Windows and its leading Web browser > Internet > Explorer have a reputation for being vulnerable to attacks. Security > experts point out that Microsoft's market share dominance promises malware > developers a significantly higher return on investment than the Mac OS > platform, which owns 5 percent of the OS market. Other operating systems > (including > Mac OS) and Web browsers -- including Google's own Chrome Web browser -- > have also suffered from security vulnerabilities. > > Microsoft's Windows operating system and its Internet Explorer browserwere > cited by Google earlier this year as contributing to Chinese hackers > successfully hacking a number of Google-owned PCs and Gmail accounts. Security > researchers said hackers used the back-door Hydraq Trojan to break into > Google owned PCs and accounts. In January, Google claimed a > China-originated attack let malicious hackers steal Google intellectual > property and partially break into the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights > activists. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
