[CentOS] OMG! Microsoft patents sudo! Linux and MacOS dead!

Thu Nov 12 13:55:00 UTC 2009
Robert <kerplop at sbcglobal.net>


Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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>> At Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:07:15 +0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:
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>>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_linux_and_macos_dead?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-11-12
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>> Is this for real?  Blogs.computerworld.com seems to be down/dead/broken
>> database...
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> Try Groklaw:
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> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
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Yes.  With respect to those luminaries at the U.S. Patent Office, this 
is just one more justification for my core observation on public servants:
"The primary purpose of any government entity is to employ the 
unemployable".