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Yeah, apparently they really are just bad at what they do. Don't they have some sort of throttled a/b testing kind of release cycle or something? Why did the Windows update go out to every customer at once, not a batch for looking for problems so you dont crash the economy for a day (or two) by shutting down shipping/commercial flight/government orgs/public transit/banking/etc.

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>A widespread Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue on Windows PCs disrupted operations across various sectors, notably impacting airlines, banks, and healthcare providers. The issue was caused by a problematic channel file delivered via an update from the popular cybersecurity service provider, CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike confirmed that this crash did not impact Mac or Linux PCs. It turns out that similar problems have been occurring for months without much awareness, despite the fact that many may view this as an isolated incident. Users of Debian and Rocky Linux also experienced significant disruptions as a result of CrowdStrike updates, raising serious concerns about the company's software update and testing procedures. These occurrences highlight potential risks for customers who rely on their products daily.

Yeah, apparently they really are just bad at what they do. Don't they have some sort of throttled a/b testing kind of release cycle or something? Why did the Windows update go out to every customer at once, not a batch for looking for problems so you dont crash the economy for a day (or two) by shutting down shipping/commercial flight/government orgs/public transit/banking/etc. Archive: https://archive.today/5oznB From the post: >>A widespread Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue on Windows PCs disrupted operations across various sectors, notably impacting airlines, banks, and healthcare providers. The issue was caused by a problematic channel file delivered via an update from the popular cybersecurity service provider, CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike confirmed that this crash did not impact Mac or Linux PCs. It turns out that similar problems have been occurring for months without much awareness, despite the fact that many may view this as an isolated incident. Users of Debian and Rocky Linux also experienced significant disruptions as a result of CrowdStrike updates, raising serious concerns about the company's software update and testing procedures. These occurrences highlight potential risks for customers who rely on their products daily.

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I still think this is the internet kill switch.

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(((They))) already have dozens if not hundreds of ways to achieve that. Damn near all of the major websites (and most real infrastructure) relies on one 'cloud' or another (it should have never been this way).

If AWS has a minor issue it takes out over half of the most popular websites on the web along with half of the banks in the country and half of all other government websites. Same thing with Google/Azure/etc.