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Yes, but the point the parent comment is referring to is that Google (apparently) abandoned Microsoft Windows completely - across the entire company. Even admin staff, accounts staff, the computers used to book free massages etc.

Some how I doubted it (how would they QA test any of their Windows executables such as Chrome or GTalk) but it was what they announced.

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Essentially what happened was you had to have a manager approved justification for running a windows machine, whereas previously it was left entirely up to user choice.

Google also has a habit of releasing information to the public as if it's current, whereas it's actually what they were doing a few years previously. I wouldn't be surprised if that video segment was three or four years old.

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