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John_Cable
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Jul 25, 2024
The broad, open nature and scale of the Windows computing ecosystem is part of what makes it a powerful and unmatched choice across the globe. The recent CrowdStrike incident underscores the need for...
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Jul 31, 2024

I don't agree with Olli_Janatuinen, neither do all the victims of the global meltdown caused by a very basic, oversight of a third party EDR, Crowdstrike. They should and need to be punished and made an example of and be walled off COMPLETELY from Kernel Level. The CEO is an ACCOUNTANT for crying out loud. He has no formal training in matters of software development and computer science. How can someone like that vet and make decisions so crucial and delicate like protocols for Kernel Level Delivery. It's absurd. THATS THE REAL PROBLEM HERE. Microsoft needs to be stringent here. Microsoft is getting blamed for a fault that entirely lies in Crowdstrikes horrible mind numbingly negligent push of updated data to Kernel driver. Microsoft CANNOT let this stand, or this will continue to happen over and over and over again. 

Lives can be lost, literally. Surgical Procedures were halted. Schools were closed. 911 calls were not able to be made. Planes can fall from the sky, cars can end up crashing..... many things can go wrong... systems are too interlaced to take this lightly. Very real life threatening dangers exist here. This is NOT a lite matter. Crowdstrike CEO must be made an example of. Crowdstrike MUST be held accountable here. As an example of how seriously the consequences here are. This is a great youtube video from a retired Micosoft Developer on the matter: https://youtu.be/ZHrayP-Y71Q?si=hsyTMSJFNF6_Pw8U

Also : "This is the 2nd time CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been at the center of a global tech failure"
https://www.bundle.app/en/finance/this-is-the-2nd-time-crowdstrike-ceo-george-kurtz-has-been-at-the-center-of-a-global-tech-failure-45DA5B0F-8A96-42E9-8589-CE69C7FDBB1E

George Kurtz Background and 'qualifications' = https://www.crowdstrike.com/about-crowdstrike/executive-team/george-kurtz/ You'll note he is an Accountant, and his CTO? and Industrial Engineer, not a Software or Computer Scientist, or Software Engineer, but an INDUSTRIAL Engineer. 

https://www.crowdstrike.com/about-crowdstrike/executive-team/elia-zaitsev/

 

you see a pattern here yet? because I do.