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Old 08-21-2004, 09:55 AM   #1
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Microsoft patents sudo


http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/20/221230

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Old 08-21-2004, 09:59 AM   #2
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The patent was filed July 20th 2000 and I think sudo has been around a lot longer than that. I'm not a lawyer, but I think prior art will probably invalidate any claims against sudo or something similar to sudo. God only knows what Microsoft actually has in mind
 
  


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