NetbookTech

Microsoft has stopped the distribution of a tool designed to make installing Windows 7 on netbooks easier after allegations surfaced that the tool could be using source code from ImageMaster which is licensed under GPLv2.

The allegations first surfaced courtesy of Rafael Rivera’s Within Windows blog here after which Microsoft confirmed with News.com that they were launching a review of the matter. The tool in question allows users to take a Windows 7 ISO image and create a bootable USB drive out it – allowing netbook users in particular a convenient means of installing Windows 7 since netbooks typically do not come with DVD drives.

So what to do in the meantime? I’ve always been of the opinion that one should get a decent external DVD burner. You’ll never know when you’ll need a burner I tell ya!

[Check it out via News.com]