The Evil Empire buys out Mark Russinovich of Sony rootkit fame

voldenuit · 07-18-2006, 06:07 PM

M$ just bought sysinternals.com and the guys behind it, Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.

Mark discovered in 1996 that NT client and server were just two registry entries apart.

No more "thinking different" to be expected here.

pantherman13 · 07-18-2006, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by voldenuit


	Mark discovered in 1996 that NT client and server were just two registry entries apart.

and Microsoft has the audacity to tell people they are innovative.

give me a break.

fat elvis · 07-18-2006, 08:13 PM

the good thing about this is the possibility that some of the good stuff at Winternals actually makes it into Vista. That's one company that really knows how to make Windows work. The bad thing is that I'm sure their success has at least a little to do with the fact that they are not huge corporation...like MS.

ArcticStones · 07-20-2006, 12:40 AM

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	…I'm sure their success has at least a little to do with the fact that they are not huge corporation...like MS.

Indeed, there is something to be said about the dynamics of scale.
Which is one reason why smaller companies tend to be much more creative. And why democracy works really well in some communities, at the local level – and in some small nations such as Norway, which has approx. 4.6 million people.
Size is not always conducive to... positive things.

07-18-2006, 06:07 PM	#1
voldenuit League Commissioner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Old Europe Posts: 5,146	The Evil Empire buys out Mark Russinovich of Sony rootkit fame M$ just bought sysinternals.com and the guys behind it, Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell. Mark discovered in 1996 that NT client and server were just two registry entries apart. No more "thinking different" to be expected here.

07-18-2006, 08:13 PM	#3
fat elvis MVP Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,506	the good thing about this is the possibility that some of the good stuff at Winternals actually makes it into Vista. That's one company that really knows how to make Windows work. The bad thing is that I'm sure their success has at least a little to do with the fact that they are not huge corporation...like MS. __________________ “If more police, more prisons and more prosecutors was a solution to safer streets, the United States and China would be the safest countries on the planet, and they’re not..." -Jane Sterk