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"We", no. "Too many", yes. In general, hard dependencies on proprietary software or services are often overlooked or ignored as potential future problems. Recent examples of this are Microsoft and VMware. Once the vendor changes things so that you don't like anymore, or drives up prices like crazy, you'll quickly realize that you have a problem you can't solve other than switching, which you might not even be prepared to do short-term.
The Windows world now experiences this because Microsoft is no longer interested in maintaining a somewhat quality operating system, they are mostly interested in milking their user base for data, and don't hesitate to annoy or even disrupt their user base's workflows in a try to achieve that goal.
Many Windows users are currently looking at Linux because of this, but the more your whole workflow is based on dependencies to proprietary Windows-only software, the harder your time to switch will be. If you still use Windows today, you should at least start using more open source or cross platform software, which also will work on Linux, because you are on a sinking ship and there will probably be a time when you can't take MS' BS anymore and want to switch. Make it easier for you in the future by regarding Linux compatibility in the hard- and software you use today.
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I deal with whole I.T support companies built on the Microsoft partnership platform. All their dev is c#, servers are windows, no concept of other os when it comes to support. It's a real basket of ms eggs situation.
Imho. We are too laissez faire about our dependence on computers.
Currently doing disaster planning for compliance. What I really want to put in the docs is “If power or internet goes down we are just fucked. No planning needed. “
Too cheap to buy UPS, generators and redundant fiber or something?
We are a small medical practice. It would cost approx $15k in batteries to give us about 3 operating hours. Not economically viable.
But do you think something like an airport would have enough diesel capacity to contiune operating in a power out?
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I mean disaster planning is about finding ways to mitigate things like power or internet going down to minimize or eliminate their impact. That said, accepting the risk of downtime because alternatives are too expensive is a perfectly valid decision as long as it's an intentional one.
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What would you suggest to solve this?
Much, much more care should have being taken by all parties.
Microsoft should not have given kernel access to crowdstrike. Crowdstrike should not have being able to push a killing update.
Edit: Hindsight is 20 20
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I don't like the implied false dichotomy between opening up the kernel and better security. You can definitely have both. Otherwise it's a good report.
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My household is a Microsoft free environment. There is no place for the royal we in this conversation.
If it is a royal we, then you are excluded from the conversation and the amount of Microsoft in your household is irrelevant.
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I can almost say the say thing, but I actually have a small Windows laptop dedicated to some software used for reprogramming the computer in my truck. I've never tried to run it under wine, so I might not need the laptop, but I very rarely use it anyway. Everything else in the house, from our android phones and tablets, to the entertainment system running from a raspberry pi, up to our laptops, desktops, and my stack of servers all run linux exclusively. Funny how they all run smoothly for years at a time.
Honestly, if your programming your ECU or something. I wouldn't risk potentially bricking your car. It is a tool after all, something like how I prefer mikita over Milwaukee but I'll use it to get the job done if needed.
Edit: ECU software can be a little finicky. Jayztwocents built a PC for his mechanic friend and the application refused to start because it wasn't an Intel CPU.
Yeah I think at the time it was a known issue that this software wouldn't run properly in wine and I just never tried again in the last 14 years. I'm not worried about bricking the ECU, I actually have a spare sitting on the shelf, and even if it did get bad enough that I couldn't fix it, I could probably take it to the dealer and have them re-flash it for me. Funny thing is, after going the rounds with their service guy trying to get the programming corrected from changing my gear ratio (I ended up giving them a VIN of another vehicle that came with those gears), they weren't able to change the programming to my own VIN but the truck still ran. No worries, because my software CAN change the VIN, so once I got that squared away it's been perfectly happy with all the new programming. I have to admit, there's a satisfaction in telling the dealer THIS is how you fix the problem, and when you're done with it I'll fix the rest of the stuff you can't do.
The only answer: y e s
It's nice that major news outlets are saying what we nerds have been screaming for the past two decades. Microsoft only shares a small portion of the blame for the recent outage (they could have built their OS better so software vendors don't feel the need to use kernel modules, but the rest is on CrowdStrike) but we are too depenent on them.
Not to change the subject, but your italicized "are" made me realize that Lemmy uses a different font for italic content (see the letter A). There's another message down below deleted by creator which has the same style. I know, it's a weird thing to notice, but there was a blog I saw this week mentioning that scammers are using websites with a (I think?) Cyrillic 'a' that looks just like the italic one here to fool people into thinking they're visiting a legitimate site, so that little discrepancy stood out to me today. At least now I know I'm paying attention! 😆
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Yea.
Short answer: yes
Long answer: yeeeeeeeeees
Detailed answer: Yankee Echo Sierra
Repetitive answer:
yes
I like this one
Answering the question with a counter question
Why do we ask a question whilst already knowing its answer?
Clicks (bait).