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• Microsofts Pseudo Sudo Patent [Patents]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 886
  So, how exactly did Microsoft—those bastards!—end up patenting Sudo, a years-old Linux command line tool, without someone stepping in to stop them? Easy! They didnt. The story inspired...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft’s psuedo sudo patent doesn’t really cover sudo

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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  1 week ago

• Dealzmodo: Best Buy Black Friday Ad Features Pre-Loaded Nintendo DSi [Dealzmodo]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 541
  As this leaked Best Buy Black Friday ad reveals, one of the many deals coming our way the day after Thanksgiving is a Nintendo DSi , preloaded with a number of free DSiWare titles. The price remains the same as it’s been for the DSi: $170. Read more: Dealzmodo: Best Buy Black Friday Ad Features Pre-Loaded ...
  2 weeks ago

• Links of the week

  
  Sathya Says — Authority: 115
  Saw this question on SuperUser : How can I add menu items to the Gnome “Applications” menu from the command line? Yet another SuperUser Q RSS Feed Notifier for Linux Seems Canonical will set limits to those who can order free CD’s via Shipit . The discs will still be made available to Local ...
  2 weeks ago

• Did Microsoft Patent Sudo? Doesnt Look Like It

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 163
  The friction between Microsoft and the open-source software community has been palpable for years, so its hardly surprising that the Internet was buzzing yesterday with news that lets a user run programs with the permissions of another user - usually root.
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  Lordy, lordy, lordy. They have no shame. It appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Here it is, patent number 7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something thats been in use since 1980 and wasnt invented by Microsoft. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Best Buy Black Friday Ad Leaks [Black Friday]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 541
    Oh Best Buy , won’t you save us from the legions of mediocre Black Friday deals that have leaked so far? Please? Continued here: Best Buy Black Friday Ad Leaks [Black Friday]
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft has Patented “sudo.” Yes, the Command

  
  ModCool — Authority: 159
  Well heres something we didnt see coming. Microsoft has apparently convinced the patent courts to grant the Redmond company a patent for "sudo," the command every Linux user is familiar with. Think thats mind boggling? Check out the final wording for the patent: "Although the invention has been described in language ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents Sudo?

  
  Heresy and Usurpation — Authority: 433
  Microsoft Patents Sudo?: azspot:Lordy, lordy, lordy. They have no shame. It appears that...
  2 weeks ago

• Did Microsoft Just Patent Sudo?

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 554
  Anyone who has used Linux – even briefly, is probably familiar with sudo . Sudo is a commonly used UNIX command, which allows users to run programs with superuser’s privileges. It was conceived by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff Spencer around 1980 and has been an integral part of most Linux systems for decades. So ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft patents sudo

  
  Arun's Blog — Authority: 129
  This sucks. Read the news here. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Sudo, LinuxShare on Facebook ... Click on the title to read the full article
  2 weeks ago

• Software Patents? Does Anyone Have A Clue?

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 584
  They certainly don’t at Microsoft, or at the U.S Patent Office. Over at slashdot a story tells about the Microsoft move to patent a command, SUDO, that has been running on computer hardware since 1980, and was originally run on a VAX minicomputer. The people at the US Patent Office apparently have no clue about ...
  2 weeks ago

• OMG! Microsoft patents sudo! Linux and MacOS dead!

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 147
  Wow, Microsofts latest patent has gotten free software advocates livid. They say the Redmond crew has re-invented sudo, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is asleep at the switch. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers get all spun up and worry for the future of Linux. Not to mention eye exercise... (MSFT) read more
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command [Microsoft]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 541
    Microsoft has been granted a patent for the sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that it’s a “personalized version” with a GUI. Continued here: Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command [Microsoft]
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command [Microsoft]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 541
    Microsoft has been granted a patent for the sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that it’s a “personalized version” with a GUI. Groklaw has an explanation of the history of sudo and details about the patent, but it all boils ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command [Microsoft]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 886
  Microsoft has been granted a patent for the sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that its a "personalized version" with a GUI. Groklaw has an explanation of the history of sudo and details about the patent, but it all boils down to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Patents Sudos Behavior

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 163
  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." ...
  2 weeks ago

• how-to launch applications that need root/admin privileges on Ubuntu when on a remote session

  
  /home/kOoLiNuS — Authority: 100
  Did you ever find yourself at work with a remote session on your Ubuntu server (or workstation) invoked by ssh -X command and needed to launch users-admin or some similar graphical application that need a sudo (or root) authentication to work? Did you ever got frustrated of not having the possibility to enter or ...
  3 weeks ago

• HowTo: "Qualcomm 3G ICON 210" and Ubuntu

  
  LOW COST LAPTOP — Authority: 142
  Although generally speaking Im all pro linux and use it whereever possible - and consider it the best OS for networking encountered by me so far - I was not able to make my internal 3G modem work properly with Ubuntu yet. Of course I managed to have it load the right device drivers and Im able to establish connections ...
  3 weeks ago

• Brutal and shocking pride’s best highlights!

  
  MMA Fight Vids! — Authority: 135
  HELL YEAH…
  3 weeks ago

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