Хехе, оффтопик конечно, но таких примеров в отрасли миллион. Как Вам такая линейка поглощений: Easy Remove (точное название продукта и фирму производителя сейчас уже не вспомню) -> Quarterdeck CleanSweep -> Norton CleanSweep? Нужно ли говорить, что Петя Нортон как всегда все испохабил и фактически угробил отличный продукт?
Что касается отличий DaRT v5.0 от Winternals Administrator's Pak 5.0, то можно привести информацию из первых рук:
The following tools have been removed:
- Active Directory Explorer
- Filemon Enterprise Edition (For the Sysinternals version, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/filemon.mspx)
- Insight for Active Directory
- NTFS DOS Professional
- Regmon Enterprise Edition (For the Sysinternals version, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...es/regmon.mspx)
- Remote Recover
- System Compare
- TCPView Pro
The following functionality has been removed:
- Ability to set a password on the ERD Commander Boot CD
- Ability to browse the Internet
The following functionalities have been added for security, reliability, and supportability:
- Locksmith Wizard reports events in the Security event log on the computer where the password of a user is reset.
- The ERD System Restore Wizard restores more Windows configurations settings than the Administrator's Pak, which only resets the registry. The ERD System Restore Wizard restores or updates the following items: Windows System Restore Log, Windows Registry, File Operation (addition, modify, rename, delete), Folder Operation (addition, modify, rename, delete), SID/RID correct handling, WMI Repository Support, Components execution cleanup.
- ERD Registry Editor has the ability to set permissions for well-known Windows security principals. A complete list of well-known security principals can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330
Supported platforms:
- Windows 2000 (x86), latest service pack
- Windows XP (x86), latest service pack
- Windows Server 2003 (x86), latest service pack
Unsupported platforms:
- Windows Vista (All CPU architectures)
- Windows "Longhorn" Server (All CPU architectures)
- All x64 CPU architectures
А вот что изменилось при переходе с 5-й версии на 6-ю:
The following tool has been removed:
- File sharing
The following tools have been added:
- Standalone System Sweeper
- System Boot file repair (part of WinRE)
The following enhancements have been made:
- Support for 64- bit systems has been added.
- Support for localization has been added.
- ERD Commander now runs in the Win RE environment.
- Support for Bitlocker volumes has been added.
- All other tools are enhanced and now support Vista.
Supported platforms:
- Windows Vista (x86 and x64 architectures)
- Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64 architectures)
Unsupported platforms:
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
