lets push updates on a Friday, surely nothing could go wrong

Hey we had flat screens back then, they just took up the whole floor space and it took 2 people to move those projection TVs

Maybe even split-flap displays, or printed advertisements

Down to win?

Yeah

https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-australia-internet-banks-media-0a5f792b6571b37a35181d64028fefc4

An update to a cybersecurity software suite called CrowdStrike caused Windows machines to BSOD. CrowdStrike was big and monopolistic enough that it took out servees at large organizations worldwide.

Should have not trusted a third party to install proprietary code into the kernel. It's not a Windows issue directly, they have a Linux version too, but anything that allows third parties to put proprietary code into your kernel and automatically update it without your approval is untrustworthy.

The cause is a malfunction of the Crowdstrike monitoring solution, which employees use to spy at anything ever done on company hardware. They do have a Linux version and it has been reported to cause kernel panics (not sure if during this incident).

But yes, Windows on public information displays is dumb.

This in particular is a Crowdstrike issue. They suck as much as windows. Crowdstrike has had issues on Linux before:

Crowdstrike - freezing RockyLinux After 9.4 upgrade:: https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/crowdstrike-freezing-rockylinux-after-9-4-upgrade/14041

Kernel panic observed after booting 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.x86_64 by falcon-sensor process:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7068083

Debian user experience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41005936

Another windows story: https://www.thestack.technology/crowdstrike-bug-maxes-out-100-of-cpu-requires-windows-reboots/

I don't expect that Microsoft checks CrowdStrike's software before CrowdStrike pushes their updates.

Real men test in prod