The CrowdStrike Windows outage that hit the world this week stems back to an EU-Microsoft deal from 2009 that meant Microsoft had to give antivirus vendors the same Windows API access it had.
  • cheddarEnglish
    51·
    5 months ago

    Linux does not certify drivers though. Microsoft does.

    • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      It is my understanding that this driver had not been (re) certified by Microsoft, though. So in that case, I stand by my statement.

      If it had been, I’d agree with that blame.