Hi,
On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 11:54:06AM +0800, hlyg wrote:
> crowdstrike makes news headlines, many Windows become blue screens
>
> it is evident that many people around still use Windows
>
> i wonder if linux is more reliable than Windows
For this specific issue, if Linux were used at the same scale and
for the same purposes as these affected Windows machines, then a
similar issue would affect Linux sooner or later.
The reason why this is the case is that the current motivation for
the use of Crowdstrike's software on those Windows machines would
be exactly the same if they were Linux machines, and so these
companies would do the same thing with the same end result.
In fact, Crowdstrike already made a similar mistake earlier this
year with one of their Linux solutions which resulted in end user
machines having a kernel panic. Debian stable end user machines. So
there is no practical difference between Crowdstrike+Windows and
Crowdstrike+Linux.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41005936
So then you might assume that the problem here is Crowdstrike's
incompetence and a better vendor would solve all problems. You would
be wrong, because the world is full to the brim with inept software
vendors and there is no real consequence for software failures.
I expect Crowdstrike's stock value to recover and for this incident
to be forgotten, but even if it isn't it doesn't really matter
because there is an infinite line of similar companies to step into
their clown shoes.
The state of the software supply chain on Linux is not any better
than on Windows, and it may even be worse. You don't notice because
Linux is extremely niche for everything but Internet services and we
don't often look outside our bubble.
We have nothing to be smug about.
To be clear I would never run anything like Crowdstrike on any
machine I had authority over, but my opinion does not change the
fact that demonstrably the majority of the market thinks
and acts differently. This event will not change that, either, but
if you had said, "people need to stop running software like this"
instead of "people need to run Linux", I would be able to agree with
you. Just saying "we need better software" isn't a very catchy
polemic though is it.
Thanks,
Andy
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