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Is there a chance that this makes organisations move to Linux?
Windows usage isn't the cause of dysfunction in corporate IT but a symptom of it. All you would get is badly managed Linux systems compromised by bloated insecure commercial security/management software.
Not really. This isn’t a Windows problem. This is a faulty software problem. People can write faulty software on Linux too.
I guess they would want some cybersecurity software like Crowdstrike in either case? If so, this could probably have happened on any system, as it's a bug in third party software that crashes the computer.
Not that I know much about this, but if this leads to a push towards Linux it would be if companies already wanted to make the switch, but were unwilling because they thought they needed Crowdstrike specifically. This might lead them to consider alternative cybersecurity software.
You'd think maybe not being reliant on a 90 billion dollar company to un-fuck security would be a bigger deal than it is.
No because Windows Indoctrination starts with Academia.
There will have to be heavy monetary losses before IT is forced to leave their golden goose that keeps them employed with "problems" to "fix" that soak up hours each.
But maybe they will notice the monetary losses and competitors not using their trash will pull ahead -- that will get their attention. Still they require the cognition to understand the problem and select a solution and the Linux Jungle is hard for corporate minds to navigate without smart IT help.