Sudo Name Confusion

sudo ? really ? #15 You really couldn't come up with a different name to avoid the confusion when writing a software of your own that did what sudo does but for Windows ? It's not like sudo is already a software that's widespread and yours is not even compatible with...

A screenshot of a GitHub issue titled “sudo ? really ?” shows a commenter criticizing Microsoft’s Windows sudo project for using the name “sudo,” which is already widely associated with the Unix command. The joke is the sarcastic complaint that the software should have chosen a different name to avoid confusion, especially since it is not compatible with the original sudo. It is used as a reaction to naming decisions, open-source project drama, and pedantic GitHub issue comments.

• @gentoomemes / 11505 2024-05-27