Are Tech Giants Too Big for Their Own Good?
Delta CEO Ed Bastian is still reeling from the financial fallout of the recent CrowdStrike disaster, which cost his company HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN JUST FIVE DAYS. That’s 500,000,000, people!
But Bastian doesn’t blame just CrowdStrike alone for the chaos. He’s also giving it to Microsoft, saying its own platform is “probably the most fragile” and that he rarely, if ever, hears about huge outages at Apple.
When did you last hear about an outage at Apple? Never?!
In a scathing response to the disaster, Bastian suggested that CrowdStrike’s deployment processes were grossly inadequate, saying, “IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE DELTA ECOSYSTEM, YOU’VE GOTTA TEST THIS STUFF! IT DOESN’T WORK WITHOUT Testing!”
Meanwhile, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz is swimming in a sea of controversy after investors slapped him with a proposed class-action lawsuit, citing false and misleading claims that CrowdStrike’s software was “tested and certified”.
The real conspiracy lies in Microsoft’s relationship with third-party developers, allowing them wide access to the kernel of Windows. Apple doesn’t play by these dirty rules, and neither should others.
But the European Commission gives Microsoft a free pass, saying it “has the right to decide on its own security infrastructure”. Meanwhile, poor customers are left footing the bill
Which side are you on—team Apple or team Google-Microsoft-Crowdstrike
Author: Kayitsi.com
