This is HUGE!
Microsoft Acquires Winternals
For years I have been pointing people to the great tool set that the Winternals folsk have been putting out and wondering all along why doesn't Microsoft do this themsleves? Now we will!
REDMOND, Wash., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced the acquisition of Winternals Software LP, a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, that provides Windows(R)-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(R) 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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- Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I first read this here. And I have to agree, this is huge! I also really hope the great tools that come... - Anonymous
July 18, 2006
This could be phenomenal, and result in a HUGE improvement in hardwired tools that truly improve the security of Windows. Or, worse case scenario, they just get absorbed into the monolith and provide no percievable improvement to the core OS. Only time will tell, I guess.