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If all software engineering businesses and engineers that do not test properly went bankrupt then this website wouldn't exist.
by mslansn 1y ago
If all software engineering businesses and engineers that do not test properly went bankrupt then this website wouldn't exist.
- codeulike 1y agoOh come on, we all know and expect bugs, but this was something spectacularly bad. They caused the very thing people were paying them to try and defend from. This incident had very real and serious consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_ou...
- mslansn 1y agoSo let the market sort it out. Turns out their clients don’t think the consequences were that serious.
- perching_aix 1y agoThey didn't really argue otherwise, just remarked that they think it was. What's your point?
- mslansn 1y agoMy point is that the first post says that Crowdstrike deserved to go bankrupt, but that is up to their clients to decide. Standards for software are very low, and we all profit from that, so better not rock the boat.
- codeulike 1y agoOk that is an interesting point. But my concern with crowdstrike is that the standard seems so very low (imagine the sort of mishaps Mr Bean might have if he moved into the cybersecurity field and you're not far off) that something other than the quality of the software must be driving things. Compliance tickboxing perhaps?
- codeulike 1y agoTurns out their clients don’t think the consequences were that serious. Yeah, thats an interesting point. I'd be interested to read analysis on that. Maybe being seen to pay for something that claims to make things more secure is more important than actually being more secure.
- throwaway290 1y agoThey want compliance not security. Maybe if it's enough for compliance but not enough really then whoever makes compliance standards should be fired
- ourmandave 1y agoDelta Airlines thinks its serious. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/delta_crowdstrike_class_action/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/delta_crowdstrike_cla...
- jahsome 1y agoThe lawsuit appears to be about the lack of refunds, and even mentions Delta explicitly declined help from Microsoft and CrowdStrike. So how does that indicate Delta thinks "it's" serious? And what is "it"?
- ourmandave 1y agoMore like let the market litigate it out.
- tempfile 1y agoand that would be a bad thing?