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0 pointsdeepsun1y ago0 comments

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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Saris1y 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.

deepsunOP1y 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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