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Ubuntu Got it Right with Sudo
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| I've been using some version of Red Hat Linux since
| about 1996, but decided to give the Ubuntu
| distribution a try on my Laptop. The compelling
| thing to me about Ubuntu was that I kept seeing
| information on the web about how to do various things
| in Ubuntu. Ubuntu seems to make it easier for others
| to contribute and thus has surpassed Red Hat in terms
| of number of packages and available information. One
| company can never keep up with thousand of
| individuals that are all eager to contribute.
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http://prairiepy.blogspot.com/2009/10/ubuntu-got-it-right-with-sudo.html
Related:
Did Microsoft just patent sudo?
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| 1985, huh? And when did this Microsoft patent happen? It was filed in
| 2000. Well gee, that doesn't make sense. How'd they get the patent?
| It certainly falls under the category of "obvious" if there's prior
| art such as sudo.
|
| What makes this whole thing funny, though, is something I saw a couple
| days ago. Head over to Builder-AU and listen to Peter Watson from
| Microsoft. He says,
|
| "User Account Control is a great idea and strategically
| a direction that sort of all operating systems and all technology
| should be heading down"
|
| Excuse me? Does he really believe this is all Microsoft's great new
| idea?
|
| In the end, this seems like a patent that Microsoft will hold up and
| say "we have a patent and Linux is violating it!" They won't ever
| sue on it though (just leave the threat hanging to scare away
| potential users), because then they could have the patent revoked.
| It's better for them to just wave it around.
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http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2007/05/did-microsoft-just-patent-sudo.html
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