Microsoft buys Winternals

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has bought Winternals Software, a small maker of Windows utility programs, in a deal that the software maker hopes will add key technical talent to its operating system development team. Terms of the deal to acquire the Austin, Texas-based company were not announced. Among the software that Winternals offers is a set of freely downloadable tools known as Sysinternals.

Winternals is a great company with some extremely talented people, so it’s actually a wonder why it took so long for someone to snatch them up. The future is unclear, but this may just be one step forward in helping future versions of Windows become more secure. I think many are all for that.