Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: MS vs. Linux, formerly "top five mistakes of newbies"

Afraid so. It's a done deal. The patent office in the US is in their pocket.
They have a long history of patenting things that they did not invent. They
call it rights elevator and not sudo and they are doing via GUI which gets
around the previous use problem, but essentially they have patented what has
been commonplace in Linux for years. So if we were to have a graphical
interface for sudo we would be in violation of their patent. It is U.S.
patent 7,617,530 and it was issued almost a year ago.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/microsoft-launches-open-source-net-package-manager-163
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Microsoft-to-Develop-own-Open-Source-Platform

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 21 October 2010 14:19, Darksyde <m_alexander61@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Installfests are a great idea. It gets Linux into the hands of users
> who
> > > might be intimidated otherwise. Once a Linuxbox is going it is much
> easier
> > > to manage than anything else as it takes very little maintenance. You
> have
> > > no AV software to setup and maintain,no anti-trojan, anti-malware,
> > > anti-hijacking software, no disk defragmentation, etc.
> > >
> > > If only more people could get Linux factory installed then we might
> have a
> > > different story. Sadly, people get Windows and have problems. That is
> not to
> > > say that they would not have Linux problems, but that Windows has a
> whole
> > > set of problems that you don't get with Linux.
> > >
> > > An aside on this discussion is that Microsoft is developing its own
> package
> > > management system and patenting things like sudo. I am not sure what
> there
> > > plans are, but you can be sure that Linux is something that they have
> been
> > > looking at.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit
> > > Location: Canada
> > >
> > >
>
> Ooops, sorry 'bout that last "post"!
> Did I understand you correctly, Roy, even as I read the words above-- MS is
> patenting things like sudo, in other words, things covered by the GPL?
> Surely they have no chance of doing so.
> As far as Linux being something they have been looking at, I read somewhere
> that even many of their servers are GNU/Linux-based.
> Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, huh?
> Mark
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