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It does not. In fact most of the big enterprise software doesn't because enterprise won't allow it, or it's running airgapped. Enterprise software is licensed
by XorNot 1y ago
It does not. In fact most of the big enterprise software doesn't because enterprise won't allow it, or it's running airgapped.
Enterprise software is licensed based on support contracts and audits. "trust" is actually more present because a large company or the government can't just vanish if they're in license compliance breach and can later be sued to recover costs.
This is basically Oracle and IBMs business model: let people install whatever they want, then request a spot check if usage and discover the license breaches which can be rectified by buying more of whatever now that it's business critical.
- AndriyKunitsyn 1y agoI have never been a big enterprise integrator, and I thought exactly like this. Then in 2024 the CrowdStrike BSOD screw up happened, and I was surprised to learn that no, not everything is airgapped. Apparently, businesses are okay with untrusted, unvetted, self-updating pieces of code that run in kernel mode.
- u_sama 1y agoFrom my experience in Europe, this comes to being the least bad choice amongst a large series of bad choices. They install CrowdStrike in legacy devices running in critical industries like manufacturing because a lot of devices are legacy (think Windows 2000 and XP in 2025) which cannot be changed because either the company is bankrupt, the machine change would cost millions or the company is strapped for cash and/or labor to actually update all of the necessary (and not supported) industrial computers. This + corporate shit policies from departents disconnected from the needs on the terrain.