Crowdstrike apparently used their customers to test their software for flaws. Not really different from pharma companies using the public to test their vaccines for safety and effectiveness.
Software companies used to test their software with beta users- a select group of representative customers who agreed to road-test the SW before it w…
Crowdstrike apparently used their customers to test their software for flaws. Not really different from pharma companies using the public to test their vaccines for safety and effectiveness.
Software companies used to test their software with beta users- a select group of representative customers who agreed to road-test the SW before it was released more broadly. I don't know what their current practices are, but based on the number of things that seem to go wrong after a forced "Windows Update", I don't think they do it anymore, and if they do, it's not as rigorous.
Pharma had a plausible excuse for rushing things- people were dying by the millions. At least, that's what our government was telling us. Looking back, that was never really true. The all-cause mortality data show that. Most people still don't want to believe they were tricked like that. But slowly, awareness is seeping through.
Astute observation, Evil Incarnate. I came to the comments to make a similar comparison:
A worldwide rollout of an insufficiently tested vaccine that does more damage and death (not the "Blue Screen Of Death" but the "Code Blue Scream of Death") than the viral infection that it's supposed to protect against.
Agree ! When Microsoft went to Windows 10, they kept sending messages to me that my computer was ready for the transition. It was not and they knew that a certain percent of computers would crash when they went to Windows 10 and mine was one of them.! it’s all about benefit. I sued them and won!
If you enjoy seeing the misery of others like I do - when they deserve it -take a look at this interview of George Kurtz, CEO of Crowdstrike, when he's asked how a single software error could cause computers around the world to shut down. He's choked up so bad he has to take a drink of water.
Crowdstrike apparently used their customers to test their software for flaws. Not really different from pharma companies using the public to test their vaccines for safety and effectiveness.
Software companies used to test their software with beta users- a select group of representative customers who agreed to road-test the SW before it was released more broadly. I don't know what their current practices are, but based on the number of things that seem to go wrong after a forced "Windows Update", I don't think they do it anymore, and if they do, it's not as rigorous.
Pharma had a plausible excuse for rushing things- people were dying by the millions. At least, that's what our government was telling us. Looking back, that was never really true. The all-cause mortality data show that. Most people still don't want to believe they were tricked like that. But slowly, awareness is seeping through.
Astute observation, Evil Incarnate. I came to the comments to make a similar comparison:
A worldwide rollout of an insufficiently tested vaccine that does more damage and death (not the "Blue Screen Of Death" but the "Code Blue Scream of Death") than the viral infection that it's supposed to protect against.
Agree ! When Microsoft went to Windows 10, they kept sending messages to me that my computer was ready for the transition. It was not and they knew that a certain percent of computers would crash when they went to Windows 10 and mine was one of them.! it’s all about benefit. I sued them and won!
If you enjoy seeing the misery of others like I do - when they deserve it -take a look at this interview of George Kurtz, CEO of Crowdstrike, when he's asked how a single software error could cause computers around the world to shut down. He's choked up so bad he has to take a drink of water.
https://tinyurl.com/mtyafh66
I guess the name warned us to the real "INTENTIONS"! Amazing how often they do.
Same way "Unavoidably Unsafe" did!
Dang! Cloudstrike or Clownstrike?
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