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Why is no one blaming Microsoft? It's their non resilient OS that crashed.
Probably because it's a Crowdstrike issue, they've pushed a bad update.
OK, but people aren't running Crowdstrike OS. They're running Microsoft Windows.
I think that some responsibility should lie with Microsoft - to create an OS that
I get that there can be unforeseeable bugs, I'm a programmer of over two decades myself. But there are also steps you can take to strengthen your code, and as a Windows user it feels more like their resources are focused on random new shit no one wants instead of on the core stability and reliability of the system.
It seems to be like third party updates have a lot of control/influence over the OS and that's all well and good, but the equivalent of a "Try and Catch" is what they needed here and yet nothing seems to be in place. The OS just boot loops.
banks wouldn't use something that black box. just trust me bro wouldn't be a good pitch
If you trust banks that much, I have very bad news for you.