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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Crowdstrike fiasco
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:50:40 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 11:11:41 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote:

> On 20/07/2024 09:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> CrowdStrike’s security products cover Mac and Linux clients, too. But
>> it was only the Windows one that got screwed up.
> 
> The problem isn't CrowdStrike. Or even Windows. The problem is
> unattended automatic updates.

If a company has thousands of machines needing an antimalware update every 
day, or even several times a day, do you really think they are going to 
devote very much staff time to doing those manually?

Think of how much that adds to the TCO for Windows. It would render 
Microsoft’s entire platform uneconomic to use!