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

[T. J. Brumfield]

I did read the full patent, but isn't there still prior art for
graphical prompts asking for elevation of rights?

-- T. J.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Kelly Williams
<kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>> _
>> _
>> russellmonaghan at cox.net wrote:
>>> I agree. It's triggered my interest in some of the referenced
>>> patents, though.
>>> Have to do more research...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> R. Thomas Monaghan
>>> Linux Administration
>>> Network Security
>>> Web Design
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Kelly Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think its a bunch of crap...
>>>> Kelly
>>>>
>>>> Rob Townley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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