Windows could sure handle this kind of error better, but IMHO it would be a mistake to require Microsoft to absolutely block any path Windows could be crashing

Windows could sure handle this kind of error better, but IMHO it would be a mistake to require Microsoft to absolutely block any path Windows could be crashing due to third party software. We'd end in a situation similar to Mac OS where there's a single gatekeeper and whole industries are subjected to the will of the platform owner. Enterprises have chosen Windows because of that flexibility and control, while having a business partner they don't get with linux. If anything the blame should fall on them for getting hosed even as they fully had the means to avoid that situation.