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11-12-2009, 12:52 PM	#1
roystonlodge Member Registered: Jun 2008 Posts: 161 Rep:	Microsoft awarded a patent for SUDO - sort of... Thought people might be interested in this bizarre piece of patent news: Microsoft has been awarded a patent for software it calls a "rights elevator", but which others are interpreting as simply another way of saying SUDO. Click here to read the article on ZDNet Click here to read another article, this time on Groklaw Click here for the actual patent, from the Patent Office website Last edited by roystonlodge; 11-24-2009 at 04:49 PM.

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