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Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior

Posted by timothy on from the rusty-shotgun's-right-twice-a-day dept.

Foofoobar writes "Just when you thought all was safe on the crazy patent front, Microsoft has come out of the obvious patent closet to file patent number 7617530, which basically duplicates the functionality of 'sudo' which is found in all Linux systems. PJ over at groklaw has a wonderful writeup on the entire fiasco."

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  1. Thought all was safe on the crazy patent front? by EraserMouseMan · · Score: 1, Troll

    What rock did you just crawl out from under?

  2. Not sudo. by Jugalator · · Score: 1, Troll

    Read the first claim. It's far more specific than what sudo does. Sudo is just about elevating rights via a command, this is much more specific.

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