[olug] Get this, Microsoft has a patent on sudo

[Kelly Williams]

Good news Microsoft did not patent sudo 
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2355877,00.asp
I am relieved now...


Kelly Williams wrote:
> What micro$oft is doing reminds me of the movie anti-trust.  What next 
> Micro$oft will patent cd next. Sorry its open source.
>
> Russell here is something that I found about sudo 
> _http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/news.html_ says that MicroSoft 
> <http://www.microsoft.com> was granted US patent 7,617,530 
> <http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7617530.html> that some people 
> incorrectly believed could be interpreted to cover /Sudo/ on November 
> 10, 2009.
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> russellmonaghan at cox.net wrote:
>> I agree. It's triggered my interest in some of the referenced 
>> patents, though.
>> Have to do more research...
>>
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>>
>> R. Thomas Monaghan
>> Linux Administration
>> Network Security
>> Web Design
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Kelly Williams wrote:
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>>  
>>> I think its a bunch of crap...
>>> Kelly
>>>
>>> Rob Townley wrote:
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>>>> i would think Microsoft's patent on su / sudo is unwise and will
>>>> probably come back to bite them.
>>>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
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