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by Saris 692 days ago
What about the previous crowdstrike bugs that hit Linux systems in a similar fashion?

I don't understand how this has anything to do with Windows, Crowdstrike is the one who built the application.
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deepsun 691 days ago
It has everything to do with Windows, because it's Windows who crashed.

Applications crash all the time. But in this case people weren't able to even load the Windows to figure what's wrong or what app has crashed.

Microsoft allowed a third-party to self-update and didn't put a proper system of review and updates control to the heart of its OS.

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Saris 691 days ago
The same thing happened before with Linux, crowdstrike made systems unbootable.

So I don't understand why you're focusing on windows here. Linux allows anyone to update too, there's no review or control either.

Just because an OS allows you to break it, does not mean the maker of the OS is liable when you do break it.

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deepsun 691 days ago
Same with Linux yes, I never said Linux is any better in this question than Windows. At least it's free, and no warranties is given. But if RedHat had failed the same way, I think ReHat Inc would bear the blame just as well.

PS: I believe BSD-based systems would be more resilient because of microkernel architecture.

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