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Re: Microsoft acquired SysInternals?


On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 12:35:25PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Dave Korn wrote:
>
>>   And guess what!  The scumbags have withdrawn all of sysinternals' source
>> codes, using the bogus 'explanation' that it might cause "integration problems
>> [...] with other Windows components".  MS is acting like the worst cliched
>> stereotype of itself.  <spit>
>> 
>>   Never forget, however, that your use of the tools remains governed by the
>> original sysinternals license, which contained no provisions for transfer or
>> assignment[*], and not any new "improved" MS licensing terms...
>
>Yes, this was foreseen to happen when the announcement was made, and
>fortunately somebody made a copy of every utility and source code
>package on the site on that date:
>
>http://dessent.net/tmp/Sysinternals-all-2006-07-18.rar [13.1 MB]

Wow.  "Somebody" showed remarkable foresight.

It never occurred to me to do that.  I thought the site would stick
around in more-or-less it's standard form.

I'm so naive sometimes.

cgf


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