Microsoft’s Patently Absurd ‘Sudo Patent’

Posted by John Overridex on Nov 16th, 2009 and filed under News RSS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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There’s just never a dull moment here in the world of FOSS, especially when it comes to Microsoft. One minute, we’re busy exclaiming our disbelief at the notion of a Microsoft version of Linux. The next minute — on *Friday the 13th*, no less — we learn that Redmond has acquired Teamprise, and will soon be shipping the company’s Linux tools as part of its upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release. Also last week, it was revealed that Microsoft has been granted a patent on technology many say is essentially none other than the sudo command.

Microsoft’s Patently Absurd ‘Sudo Patent’

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