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On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Evgeny Stambulchik wrote:

> Rafi Sadowsky <rafi@TELEM.openu.ac.il> wrote:
> 
> >  Mb is Megabit 
> >  MB is MegaByte
> 
> If you can point me to an international standard confirming what you said, I'll
> admit my ignorance publicily. Honestly, I doubt such a standard exists. AFAIK,
> both MB and Mb are used for MegaB(b)ytes. Once people used the case to
> distinguish between bytes and bits, but not nowadays. I don't have a dictionary
> handy right now, but here are few URLs:

AFAIK, and in most papers or netnews discussions I've read, MB stands for
MegaByte, while Mb stands for Megabit. I am not aware of any attempt made
to formalize these under a standard, but I do believe this is the common
practice today.


--Ariel


> 
> http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym?Mb
> http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Mb
> 
> >  >  And from my experience, the mood of key figures at the CC regarding Linux
> >  >  is such that the less you deal with them, the better is both for your
> >  >  health and for Linux as such.
> 
> >  you don't need to have to be with CC - just to have a comp connected to
> >  the LAN 
> >  but the only place you can have a say in allocation ( other than voluntary
> >  ) is Weizmann(dept or CC) resources or MACHBA wide ( in which your CC has
> >  a say )
> >  since linux is usefull in the academica context - you may want to make (
> >  via whatever channels are need ) a formal request that your CC ( or dept
> >  or ?? ) support linux
> 
> Please read my sentence above again carefully. I hope I expressed my opinion
> about the Weizmann CC's relation towards Linux quite well. I did ask few times 
> about setting up a Linux-related ftp area at Weizmann, saying I agree to
> maintain it voluntarily.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Evgeny
> 
> 
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