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PC OS, Microsoft Windows
Redmond, United States47.67°N 122.12°W
computed criticality10/100
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Windows ~57% of desktop computers (now below 60%)
2024Fault line
Enterprise and government desktop computing runs mostly on Windows and its authentication services. The 2024 CrowdStrike outage showed how one update can freeze whole swathes of the economy.
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