Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software

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

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

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.