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Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software


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#1 OFFLINE   Humpty

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 11:11 AM

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EDMOND, Wash. — July 18, 2006 — 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.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 01:29 PM

I'm very excited about this. It's going to mean great things for Microsoft/Windows, technicians, and administrators.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 08:26 PM

yeah but it won't mean anything good for us freeware users :angry:

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 09:47 PM

View PostJohnDemolition, on Jul 19 2006, 03:26 PM, said:

yeah but it won't mean anything good for us freeware users :angry:
That's what I was also thinking. But then again who knows for sure. I can already think off the top of my head of some Sysinternals apps that should be installed with Windows by default.
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