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dkreifus

Jul 18 2006, 19:33

Microsoft Corp. today announced the acquisition of Winternals Software LP, a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, that provides Windows®-based enterprises with systems recovery and data protection solutions in addition to offering a freeware tools Web site called Sysinternals. The addition of Winternals is a significant advance in Microsoft's promise to lower customers' total cost of ownership of the Microsoft® Windows platform. Customers will be able to continue building on Sysinternals' advanced utilities, technical information and source code for utilities related to Windows. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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News source: WinInternals.

Singh400

Jul 18 2006, 19:49

Whoa :\ Thats crazy. Wonder what Mark is saying?

The guy who discovered that Sony Rootkit

Chugworth

Jul 18 2006, 20:08

Wow, now this is a surprise! It's going to be very interesting to see what this brings.

quantumAlpha

Jul 18 2006, 23:08

well, maybe they'll include some of his fixes and tweaks in their software now

ReLapse

Jul 19 2006, 15:07

If you are a fan of some of the tools on that website like I am you would be well advised to download them now before Microsoft throws out new versions with the almighty WGA in them.

Illrigger

Jul 19 2006, 21:06

QUOTE(ReLapse @ Jul 19 2006, 08:07)

If you are a fan of some of the tools on that website like I am you would be well advised to download them now before Microsoft throws out new versions with the almighty WGA in them.

Well, those of us that don't have anything to fear from WGA needn't worry about that, now do we?

ReLapse

Jul 19 2006, 22:14

No we don't but people who like the programs and shouldn't be subjected to the WGA in freeware do.

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