Great so now you'll have people start creating viruses and vulnerabilities on the Mac client...
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Google Switches Away from Windows (Mostly to Mac) Due to Security Concerns
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Well aren't you the cool guy?
Apple fanboy you say? What is this new hype to call everyone an Apple fanboy? This is a mac community discussion forum. People in here have the right to bring in their thoughts about Apple without being insulted. You have the right to make your point. But your way is... you know... not a useful contribution.
Actually in the US Government outside the places that use the PC as a glorified typewriter Unix is king with VMS (VAX) the defaco queen.
Thats quite a stretch isn't it? Nothing to stop people from creating viruses for OSX 1 second before the announcement.
How did you come to that conclusion?
True... but what would be the point in buying a Mac? Just uninstall Windows and install Linux. No need to splash out for a Mac.
I don't get it. Am I missing something here? Surely you'd buy a Mac to run OS X. Not install Linux on it. The Windows PC's they have (or used to have) can do that.
Because Google is in the tech news almost daily with new innovations they are working on...
This free "Wi-Fi" network that they're going to be installing in a town, I'm sure the servers are going to be based at Google...
Could you imagine vulnerability hack into that?
Still, saying "Great so now you'll have people start creating viruses and vulnerabilities on the Mac client..." is still a stretch.
Regarding WIFI networks - ensure you have your Mac secure, enable your Firewall. Google WIFI Not much different than any other public WIFI. If you are worried about security and OSX, you have the option of not using it.
Mac OR Linux
Seeing Google moving to Apple makes me wonder how they are now developing their API's and how they are writing further and future applications. That being said I also wonder how many people in Google will choose the Linux variant and what the OS of choice will be. After that everyone installs their virtual machines and puts Windows OS on it?
Seeing Google moving to Apple makes me wonder how they are now developing their API's and how they are writing further and future applications. That being said I also wonder how many people in Google will choose the Linux variant and what the OS of choice will be. After that everyone installs their virtual machines and puts Windows OS on it?
Do they not screen lock computers at Google? Where I work it's downright a sin to walk away from your computer without Win+L screen locking it. I know there's no "official" way to do that with OSX, and I'd figure there would be a necessity for that at Google with the incredibly open atmosphere they have.
True... but what would be the point in buying a Mac? Just uninstall Windows and install Linux. No need to splash out for a Mac.
I don't get it. Am I missing something here? Surely you'd buy a Mac to run OS X. Not install Linux on it. The Windows PC's they have (or used to have) can do that.
This.
Google switching to Macs means OS X. It would make no sense to run Linux on them at a much higher cost.
Moving from Windows based development to OSX wouldn't affect how Google write their software ( Google use Java IRC ) - they are just using a different platform to work on - API's wouldn't be affected.
From the article, running windows on a VM is a no-go - they would need CIO approval.
LOL - security is a lot more than just locking your computer! The article says Google is moving away from Windows in part due to Chinese attacks which used vulnerabilities in Windows. No matter how many times you lock your computer, you aren't going to prevent such external attacks!
From the article, running windows on a VM is a no-go - they would need CIO approval.
Seeing Google moving to Apple makes me wonder how they are now developing their API's and how they are writing further and future applications. That being said I also wonder how many people in Google will choose the Linux variant and what the OS of choice will be. After that everyone installs their virtual machines and puts Windows OS on it?
LOL - security is a lot more than just locking your computer! The article says Google is moving away from Windows in part due to Chinese attacks which used vulnerabilities in Windows. No matter how many times you lock your computer, you aren't going to prevent such external attacks!
LOL
I get kick out of windows users who cheer for more viruses and security issues on mac os. They have given up hope that windows will be fixed in that regard so they wish their problems on others. I think this bitterness stems fro ma control issue. They want everyone using the same os they use themselves. I get the feeling these people's problems go beyond arguing operating systems.
I get kick out of windows users who cheer for more viruses and security issues on mac os. They have given up hope that windows will be fixed in that regard so they wish their problems on others. I think this bitterness stems fro ma control issue. They want everyone using the same os they use themselves. I get the feeling these people's problems go beyond arguing operating systems.
Bad News
Now every hacker trying to get into Google will find all the security flaws in the Mac OS and publish them all over. Say goodbye to your virus free life on the Mac ladies and gentlemen.
Now every hacker trying to get into Google will find all the security flaws in the Mac OS and publish them all over. Say goodbye to your virus free life on the Mac ladies and gentlemen.
Omg!
Microsoft isn't secure!
I am going to switch to Chrome OS when available.
I am going to use Google Apps as opposed to the new Hotmail or MS Cloud Service.
Windows 7 Mobile must not be secure either, forget those devices,
Android all the way.
I wonder if Bing is safe, better stick with Google!
Microsoft isn't secure!
I am going to switch to Chrome OS when available.
I am going to use Google Apps as opposed to the new Hotmail or MS Cloud Service.
Windows 7 Mobile must not be secure either, forget those devices,
Android all the way.
I wonder if Bing is safe, better stick with Google!
I don't think you can assume that - it sounds like the comment is just a justification for having Linux as the second choice. It'd a statement against Microsoft, not the Mac OS (otherwise they would have included Apple) The word "or" on the article gives me the impression that they will either be Macs with OSX or PC's with linux. If it were just Linux, they would not have bothered to mention the word "Mac" at all or they would have phrased it differently. Putting that or it makes Mac's a distinctive option in opposition to Linux.
Yes there is a way to screen lock
Actually, there is a way to screen lock your computer: If you look in the apple menu, you'll see there is a key stroke command to put the computer to sleep. Which means all you have to do is turn on the "enter password on wake" in the security pane of system preference.
Voila! Screen lock, with a password to get back in.
Actually, there is a way to screen lock your computer: If you look in the apple menu, you'll see there is a key stroke command to put the computer to sleep. Which means all you have to do is turn on the "enter password on wake" in the security pane of system preference.
Voila! Screen lock, with a password to get back in.
Wise words
I agree totally! Clever strategy.
Windows Phone 7 didn't even warrant a mention at the Google I/O.
I agree totally! Clever strategy.
Windows Phone 7 didn't even warrant a mention at the Google I/O.
Hmmm..... we can only wait and see....
Those Chinese hackers who launched the last attack on Google are busy.
Actually, that is a misperception. It isn't the size of the target that makes Windoze so delightful to hack, it is because Windows is so easily hackable. The Macintosh has far better security. It is not chance or market share, it is by design. Windows people like to pretend they get all the attention from hackers because they're big but it is because they're using a poorly designed OS. MS-Windows _is_ a hack.
If Mac OS was truly so vulnerable, more apple haters would have produced viruses for it by now for their own personal pleasure.
A better way would be to just use the same feature with a screensaver, that way your computer isn't dropped off the network when it goes to sleep (unless you want that as part of additional security