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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:

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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