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Software giant Microsoft's buyout of privately data protection and systems recovery company Winternals Software is as much about recruitment as technology acquisition.
The acquisition of Winternals will not only give Microsoft ownership of
the Winternals data protection and recovery suite of tools, as well as
the free Sysinternals Windows utilities. It will also give Microsoft
two of the brightest minds in the business in the form of company
founders Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.
Russinovich made his mark in the data protection industry in 2005 when
he discovered the copy protection rootkit in Sony BMG audio CDs, which
was automatically installed on desktop computers when customers tried
to play the CDs.
Russinovich is probably the technologist most responsible for raising
public awareness about the potential issues with charges of spyware
that technology companies face if they try to install software on the
computers of customers without their knowledge. In a way, it is ironic
he is joining the software giant as it faces its own legal problems
associated with the Windows Genuine Advantage program.
Microsoft admitted publicly that Russinovich was at least one of its
main targets in the acquisition. Russinovich will take up a position as
a technical fellow in Microsoft's Platforms and Services group, while
Cogswell will be a software architect in the Core Operating Systems
division.
What Microsoft intends to do with Winternals and Sysinternals is not
exactly clear. However, Microsoft has suffered a brain drain to Google
in recent times and needs good people at least as much as additional
security products.
David Bass
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