The EU may have told Microsoft they had to make an API available to third-parties so they didn't have an unfair advantage over those third-parties but I can't see anything wrong with that, can't see how anyone would disagree with that unless they believe Microsoft should have an unfair advantage over everyone else.Microsoft has claimed the fault lies with the EU insisting they document a particular kernel API designed for security monitoring.
The problem seems to be bad QA rather than the existence of an API that lets companies with bad QA write drivers.
Microsoft blaming the EU is utterly ridiculous.
The problem isn't that the EU told Microsoft to provide an API, but Microsoft's inability to provide an API which was resilient and robust enough to prevent use of that API completely taking down Windows. That's entirely upon their shoulders.
I am reluctant to absolve CrowdStrike from blame but, if Microsoft's API had been resilient and robust, the worst should have been an error pop-up and booting with expected CrowdStrike functionality missing or reduced.
CrowdStrike screwed up. Microsoft screwed up in allowing CrowdStrike's screw up to down Windows machines.
That's where the blame lies, not with the EU.
Statistics: Posted by hippy — Wed Jul 24, 2024 12:14 pm