Did Microsoft just patent sudo!??!??!!!
It appears that the patent office has granted Microsoft a patent on sudo. For those that don’t know sudo is a piece of software that allows a user to execute a command with the rights and privileges of another user. It has been around for at least as long as I have been using computers and Microsoft was just granted a patent on it. WTF?
Check it out over at Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks.
What the hell is going on at the patent office?
UPDATE: Behold the patent