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Sysinternals surrenders to Microsoft

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    #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    maybe some of the cool utilities that Mark & Bryce have written over the years will be integrated into M$ windows.

    Or butchered :(

    Lets hope for the best and expect the worst!


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Yes, I support the Freedom to Innovate.


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    #4
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    i think this will be bad news tbh, would be good if m$ integrated some of the tools actually into the OS though, be a big improvement


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Will the software on the site still remain Freeware and available to download?


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    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Some funny comments on that page tbh... like the person who said MS will probably turn process explorer into a 35MB app :D
    Oh well, another one bites the dust.


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:
    Some funny comments on that page tbh... like the person who said MS will probably turn process explorer into a 35MB app :D
    Oh well, another one bites the dust.
    The sad thing is, it's probably true. Just look at the newer versions of microsoft office. Not a thought is given to the efficiency of the programs because the attitude is that systems have huge resources, and the programmers are just lazy. There has been no significant performance increase between the current edition of office and any of the older versions, just increased functionality, this despite processor power more than doubling every 18 months.


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    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    sean_keevey wrote:
    The sad thing is, it's probably true.
    Yup... I'm a big fan of "it's funny caus it's true"... as long as they add clippit to TCPview then I'll be happy.


    Actually.... :D


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:
    Yup... I'm a big fan of "it's funny caus it's true"... as long as they add clippit to TCPview then I'll be happy.


    Actually.... :D
    ROFL


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    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    Guess that means that th ps-exec eula is fooked for good now. Be warned that the EULAS for some of the freeware has changed since the sale:mad:


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    #11
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    Ugh, why didnt those two just open-source their programmes under a BSD licence (well, PS-Tools at the very least).


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    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    rogue-entity wrote:
    Ugh, why didnt those two just open-source their programmes under a BSD licence (well, PS-Tools at the very least).

    Money?


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    Fr0g
    Registered Users Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Fr0g


    sean_keevey wrote:
    Will the software on the site still remain Freeware and available to download?

    Still available at the moment, but i've download them all before microsoft absorbs them :(

    I suggest everyone does the same.


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    #14
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    NutJob wrote:
    Money?
    Am, the programmes were freeware, just closed source. They were hardly making money off them, I mean, I didnt have to pay to download PS-Tools, but know that MS owns them, its too late, if they had BSD'd them then at the very least I would know how they work, and MS couldnt stop me from getting the source code, now it wont happen. *sighs*


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