Google switching to Mac OS X or Linux, no more windows

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Jun 1, 2010 | 06:40 AM

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Google switching to Mac OS X or Linux, no more windows

I thought it was just a rumor, but apparently it's now in the books! Good for them, bad for Billy.

I don't hate Macs, I don't hate windows... Both sides have weaknesses and strengths. This should be interesting...

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/31/googl...-more-windows/

Jun 1, 2010 | 06:58 AM

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that definitely sounds interesting. I hope that doesn't mean a spike in mac os targeted viruses
(<-- mac/windows user)

Jun 1, 2010 | 10:11 AM

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its because MS will be their biggest competitor when they release their chromeOS.

Jun 1, 2010 | 10:31 AM

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Meh. We are a FreeBSD/Linux shop, tons of people have MacBooks. We still run Windows VMs though. Why? Because there are tons of applications we have to use that are Windows-only. O/S is just a pretty or ugly toy until other companies make their software work on it.

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Jun 1, 2010 | 11:43 AM

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the dozen or so googlers i know all asked for macs when they started anyhow.

Jun 1, 2010 | 11:55 AM

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Because it's nice hardware and integrates multiple O/Ss like a windows or Linux machine can not. I run XP virtual image under vmware fusion and can drag/drop and copy/paste between OS X and XP. It's very productive, can't do that with just windows.

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