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		system2 on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media a... It is scary if all the core infrastructure is based on windows.

bawolff on July 19, 2024 | [–]

It not neccesarily is. If the gate agent uses a windows laptop, the core infrastructure (servers) might not be windows, but if the laptop doesnt work its still "down" even if the servers are fine.

GardenLetter27 on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

Hopefully less will be after this!

ibeff on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

lol

zhengiszen on July 19, 2024 | [–]

This lack of sovereignty is alarming in a lot of domains.

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