M$ patented sudo :-)))))

Microsoft Patents Sudo
Nov 12, 2009

A further patent by Microsoft brings the software patent discussion to a renewed boil: the software giant has claims on "sudo."

At regular intervals Microsoft issues reminders that Linux and other free software allegedly infringes 235 of its patents. Now sudo could become number 236. Sudo is short for "super user do" and familiar to every Linux and Unix-like operating system users as a way to apply root privileges to a process....

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Microsoft-Patents-Sudo

But then again:
Microsoft 'Sudo' Patent No Danger To Unix:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/opensource/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221700117&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_Software

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