Microsoft’s EU agreement means it will be hard to avoid CrowdStrike-like calamities in the future

Last week’s CrowdStrike crash was caused by the app’s kernel level access to Windows. However, Microsoft cannot legally stop companies from that level of access because of an agreement it made with the European Commission in 2009. 

Last week’s CrowdStrike crash was caused by the app’s kernel level access to Windows. However, Microsoft cannot legally stop companies from that level of access because of an agreement it made with the European Commission in 2009.