But would the Linux sysadmins of the world play along in the way that the Windows sysadmins of the world did? I think they might've given Crowd Strike the finger and confined them to a smaller blast radius anyhow. And if they wouldn't have... well they will now.
Once it gets popular, I think it would happen. The business people and C-suite would request quick dirty solutions like Crowd Strike's offerings to check boxes when entering new markets and go around the red tape. So they'll force Unix people to do as they say or else.
Agreed. It's a safer culture because it grew up in the wild. Windows, by contrast, is for when everybody you're using it with has the same boss... places where sanity can be imposed by fiat.
If Microsoft is to be blamed here, it's not for the quality of their software, it's for fostering a culture where dangerous practices are deemed acceptable.
