[pchelpers] Fwd: Microsoft Purchases Winternals

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by Paul Thurrott, thurrott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Microsoft Purchases Winternals

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it had purchased Winternals 
Software, an Austin, Texas, maker of Windows-based system recovery 
tools. Terms of the purchase weren't made publicly available. 
Winternals Cofounder Mark Russinovich will join Microsoft's Platforms 
and Services Division as a technical fellow. Bryce Cogswell, the other 
Winternals cofounder, will join Microsoft's Core Operating System 
Division as a software architect.

"The work Mark and Bryce have completed in system recovery and data 
protection illustrates the depth of thinking and skill they will bring 
to future versions of Windows," said Microsoft Co-President Jim 
Allchin. "The addition of their deep kernel-level expertise to our 
existing strong talent will help provide us with the edge we need to 
continue to raise the quality and functionality bar for Windows on 
both the client and the server."

The software giant intends to integrate Winternals' tools, 
technologies, and talent into Microsoft, according to the FAQ on the 
Winternals Web site. This integration presumably means that Microsoft 
won't be selling the Winternals tools as they're now designed, though 
Microsoft has said that it will continue to meet all of Winternals' 
customer support agreements. It's unclear what will happen to 
Sysinternals, a free set of tools that Winternals offered and hosted, 
though the Sysinternals tools were part of Microsoft's purchase. 

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