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http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/08/20/221230.shtml?tid=155&tid=172

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[ August 20, 2004: Message edited by: WMD ]

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USPTO goes crazy again: MS patents a "sudo"-equivalent
« Reply #1 on: 21 August 2004, 16:01 »
I guess Microsoft is trying to get root access to all *NIX boxes.

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USPTO goes crazy again: MS patents a "sudo"-equivalent
« Reply #2 on: 23 August 2004, 21:37 »
Hence the reason why software patent must be banned and scrapped altogether.