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Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike pushed an update that caused millions of Windows computers to enter recovery mode, triggering the blue screen of death. Learn ...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And a lot of times it actually isn't that hard. I'm currently the CTO of a medium medical company and we will transition to Linux over the next 2 years. All the work will be browser based, you don't need windows for that. Hell, you don't need windows for anything, except a few inhouse developed apps, which you can restructure to Linux yourself.

A lot of times it's more lack of will than lack of ability, even though the wins are right there for the taking