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We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost(www.cnn.com)

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Kairos@lemmy.today
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Companies using CrowdStrike and Windows aren’t really the type to be active about this sort of thing.

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11111one11111@lemmy.world
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What do you mean by this?

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Kairos@lemmy.today
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The companies who use CrowdStrike (lazy fix) on Windows (garbage OS) aren’t really the type to want to switch away from it (will take effort)

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best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t understand the downvotes. You’re right on all points. If the task is too big, it can take years from testing another solution to using it for real.

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