Or linux. Or bsd.And that’s an excellent reason why macOS should be running on things of consequence instead of Windows.
Or linux. Or bsd.And that’s an excellent reason why macOS should be running on things of consequence instead of Windows.
Why would we be screwed? We were screwed before these rules? Are we screwed now after this outage?We'd be screwed without it though. Their views on tech companies is such a small part of what they do, you should realise that.
Interesting take. Why are you using a computer right now?
Yep because all iOS apps can access the kernel 🙄now imagine CrowdStrike on iOS via side loading thanks to EU.
what a cluster*** the EU is
I said we'd be screwed without the EU. This is like less than 1% of all the things the EU does, but people (especially those not living in Europe) like to think the EU is a meddling governmental body that only makes tech rules.Why would we be screwed? We were screwed before these rules? Are we screwed now after this outage?
If your answer to the last question is "yes," then while it can be debated whether the EU caused or contributed to this problem, it's beyond debate they didn't prevent it.
CrowdStrike has already been busy figuring out what they screwed up and how to prevent it from happening again. Their competitors are already ready to capitalize on this screwup and offer their alternative. Some of the affected companies likely already installed, or are planning on installing, these alternatives.
All of that is already underway, even before the first EU MEP or US Congressman angrily grills CrowdStrike execs to demand answers! and seek assurances that this will never happen again!
It's fair to point out that markets didn't prevent this from happening, either, by they are already addressing it and would address it with or without the EU.
I am not sure about it.Or linux.
CrowdStrike's software is extremely expensive but considered among the best in the industry. It's overkill both in terms of cost and use case for most consumers and small/medium sized businesses, and is instead used heavily by large businesses to secure mission critical systems. That's why 1% of computers had such an outsized impact.Only 1% of windows machines were affected and yet airports all over the world were brought to their knees? Dang!
I had a stroke trying to read this commentMacrosucks bloated OS with legacy garbage snakes in a can and IE still under the Edge foofy window dressing has nothing to do with it.
Sherrrr.
Or, I don’t know, maybe do not allow kernel access to any app, like Mac OS. A very similar update in Windows Defender could have caused a crash as well. Just an unsafe practice. It is pathetic blame game from Microsoft.
But EU = bad is popular here.
The EU did not.Deciding OS kernel access policies is not something a government should be doing.
Two separate incidents involving different oses and crowdstrike as the common factor…I am not sure about it.
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The EU did not.
Microsoft decided on allowing kernel access.
The EU drove the policy that if the kernel vendor has access then everyone should. That's stupid policy just on the face of it.
There are tons of kernel-level drivers provides by hundreds or thousands of vendors.The EU drove the policy that if the kernel vendor has access then everyone should
You assume the "EU" can draw that distinction on a technical and enforcement level. They probably cannot.That’s a reach, Microsoft. The EU has no problem with security, just anti-competitive behaviour. The two are not equivalent.
Microsoft are not blocking it for everyone else in the world.3) In light of this, I wonder if it is feasible for Microsoft to consider creating a forked version of Windows just for the EU (where kernel level access is available to third parties) and blocking this for everyone else in the world. Let the EU have their "competition" in their own region. You also confine the risk of "crowdstrike 2.0" to the EU. Sure, it also risks devastating a lot of businesses (remember that for all the problems caused by this 1 company, it represented only 1% of all windows PCs worldwide) because it may not be financially feasible to serve just one region in the entire world.