Groklaw: Microsoft Patents Sudo?!! http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-196282/groklaw:microsoft-patents-sudo Posts in the discussion thread "Groklaw: Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!" - It appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Here it is, patent number7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something that's been in use since 1980 and wasn't invented by Microsoft. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-196282#post-631569 Groklaw: Microsoft Patents Sudo?!! http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-196282/groklaw:microsoft-patents-sudo#post-631569 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +0000 ggiedke 32664 "It appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Here it is, patent number7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something that's been in use since 1980 and wasn't invented by Microsoft."

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