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Offline iago

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Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« on: July 18, 2006, 01:56:08 pm »
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/18/1545258&from=rss

That upsets me.  Sysinternals was a great company, but I doubt they'll keep producing their useful tools now. 

They say that the site will remain up "for the time being" -- so you might want to go download your favorite sysinternals.net tools and keep them in a safe place. 
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2006, 01:57:24 pm »
God damnit. This sucks. :/

Pretty soon, they'll drink the mind soup, have the chip inserted in their brain, and we'll have to have WGA installed to get TCPView and Rootkit Revealer... :/

They probably want the code for Process Explorer to replace the current task manager. Apparently procexp is a popular tool inside M$...

I wouldn't be looking forward to working for the machine if I were them. They don't pay very well. Hell, the only real benefit I see is the health insurance (they'll pay for anything) and the company store.

Hopefully they will improve Vista and other things. :P
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2006, 02:00:41 pm »
For anybody who's interested, here is a 'copy' of the FAQ from winternal's site:

Q. What are you announcing?

Resistance is futile.

Q. How does this acquisition affect Winternals' customers?

Cost is going up, delivery is going to suck.

Q. Will you continue selling Winternals' portfolio of products?

There is no such thing anymore.

Q. Why is it a good thing for Winternals' customers?

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Q. Will I still receive technical support and if so for how long?

How long can you tread water?

Q. Why is Microsoft acquiring Winternals and Sysinternals?

To assimilate.

Q. What exactly is a Technical Fellow?

Microsoft Bob.

Q. How many Technical Fellows are there at Microsoft?

There can be only one.

Q. My Product Assurance Contract with Winternals on Administrator's Pak (or other tool) is about to expire (or has just expired). Can I still renew it?

You're new around here, aren't you?

Q. What were the terms? How much did Microsoft pay for Winternals? Was it a cash or stock deal?

A few spare souls that have not been allocated yet.
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2006, 02:05:09 pm »
All told, this doesn't particularly surprise me.  The guy who does Sysinternals wrote the Windows Internals book for Microsoft Press.  I knew it was coming eventually.
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2006, 02:09:37 pm »
Very disappointing, I use their tools heavily.  I'll have to download all of them quickly before Microsoft starts charging for the same thing under new names.

Incidently, their site was down yesterday when I tried to access it :/
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2006, 02:26:31 pm »
I grabbed all the tools off SysInternals' site, and the description pages. I'll make posts with the descriptions, and anyone who wants the tools can talk to me.
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2006, 02:30:39 pm »
Quote from: iago on July 18, 2006, 02:00:41 pm
For anybody who's interested, here is a 'copy' of the FAQ from winternal's site:

Q. What are you announcing?

Resistance is futile.

Q. How does this acquisition affect Winternals' customers?

Cost is going up, delivery is going to suck.

Q. Will you continue selling Winternals' portfolio of products?

There is no such thing anymore.

Q. Why is it a good thing for Winternals' customers?

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Q. Will I still receive technical support and if so for how long?

How long can you tread water?

Q. Why is Microsoft acquiring Winternals and Sysinternals?

To assimilate.

Q. What exactly is a Technical Fellow?

Microsoft Bob.

Q. How many Technical Fellows are there at Microsoft?

There can be only one.

Q. My Product Assurance Contract with Winternals on Administrator's Pak (or other tool) is about to expire (or has just expired). Can I still renew it?

You're new around here, aren't you?

Q. What were the terms? How much did Microsoft pay for Winternals? Was it a cash or stock deal?

A few spare souls that have not been allocated yet.
HOLY FUCKING HELL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Anyways, this does suck majorly.  SysInternals is one of the best tool-maker I've seen. :\
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2006, 02:38:09 pm »
Quote from: MyndFyre[x86] on July 18, 2006, 02:05:09 pm
All told, this doesn't particularly surprise me.  The guy who does Sysinternals wrote the Windows Internals book for Microsoft Press.  I knew it was coming eventually.

I have that book in my living room. :)
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2006, 02:45:03 pm »
Quote from: Newby on July 18, 2006, 02:38:09 pm
Quote from: MyndFyre[x86] on July 18, 2006, 02:05:09 pm
All told, this doesn't particularly surprise me.  The guy who does Sysinternals wrote the Windows Internals book for Microsoft Press.  I knew it was coming eventually.

I have that book in my living room. :)
It's one of the best books on Windows.  You should read it while you're here.
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2006, 02:45:29 pm »
I meant my mom's house. Hehe.
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Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 pm
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2006, 02:46:06 pm »
Quote from: Newby on July 18, 2006, 02:45:29 pm
I meant my mom's house. Hehe.
Oh.  Noob.  KEK
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2006, 06:05:38 pm »
LOL (see attachment)

Guess EVERYONE is headed there!
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2006, 06:10:16 pm »
I blame /.
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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2006, 06:14:13 pm »
Heh. Apparently they aren't gonna start charging for the tools because the tools are already in the public domain for free.
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

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Re: Microsoft Aquires Sysinternals
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2006, 07:36:41 pm »
That's not the microsoft way, though!  They'll make "upgrades" to the product, crippling them badly and then release a "professional" version for several hundred dollars.

To the topic, I believe Anakin Skywalker said it best, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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