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    Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    contrary to the norms of our flock, tribe or neighbourhood. Through the metaphor of flight, Jonathan’s story shows us that, if we follow our dreams, we too can soar. ‘Richard Bach with this book does two things. He gives me Flight. He makes me Young. For both I am deeply grateful.’ RAY BRADBURY Jonathan Livingston Seagull a story RICHARD BACH PHOTOGRAPHS BY RUSSELL MUNSON The most celebrated inspirational fable of our time Element An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77-85 Fulham Palace Road

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    E – Commerce & Value Chain Integration

    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- E – Commerce & Value Chain Integration ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Group Assignment ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- (B2C) ------------------------------------------------- Page Contents

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    Open and Closed Source Systems

    GNU GPL (General Public License) defined as the copy left or free licensed software (GNU.org, 2007). When making an invention the creator must have copyrights to protect them from their inventions. No one wants their inventions taken from them. They can loss acknowledgement or worse the royalties not given to them. Copyrights mean the right to copy; generally, it gives the copyright holder many other rights to their software or products. Creators who work hard to make their software or products

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    Linux

    Chapter 1 1. Free software is software that users have the freedom to distribute and change. The three main characteristics of free software are: The source code has to be distributed with the program, you cannot restrict people from redistributing/modifying/using the software, and users must be allowed to redistribute modified versions under the same terms/licensing. 4. The Free Software Foundation is the sponsor of the GNU Project. GNU developed many of the tools that are part of Linux. Linux

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    An American Experience of Vietnam

    American Experience of Vietnam War Lisa Phillips December 6, 2013 Professor Michel There are many lessons to be learned by the American experience of the Vietnam War. Each situation and Presidential choice proved to be critical for Vietnam’s continued reputation of a stalemated war. Each President realized the hard way that the Vietnam War would entail. The lesson learned from the diplomatic negotiation standpoint was that both American and Vietnamese leaders made multiple, sometimes redundant

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    Unit 1 Exercises

    Page 20-21 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software is a matter of the users’ freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Three characteristics are: Freedom to run the program for any purpose, freedom to redistribute copies, and freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public. 4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide

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    Richard Stallman

    Stallman has devoted the bulk of his life to political and software activism.[73] Professing to care little for material wealth, he explains that "I've always lived cheaply ... like a student, basically. And I like that, because it means that money is not telling me what to do."[74] Until around 1998, his office at MIT's AI Lab was also his residence.[75] He was registered to vote from there. Currently he has a separate residence in Cambridge not far from MIT.[76] His position as a research affiliate

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    Strategic Management

    Executive summary Virgin Australia is a well known Industry Airline all through the world. In this report I will explain about an analysis of Virgin's present position and to focus the conduct of the industry regarding whether it is performing above or beneath desire. On the foundation of this analysis, suggestions are suggested to help the organization with answers for help to avoid failure if such circumstance was to happen. The report is structure as takes after: In the first area I will

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    Chapter 1

    Question: Answer : 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software is free to obtain, use and change. 2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia? Linux is portable, is based on standards, is written in C, has a kernel programming interface, can support many users 3. What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful? A multiuser system is a system designed for multiple user input and output. 4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is

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    Customer Service

    ustomer service is meeting the needs and stratification of customers. A business can use promotions and cheap price to attract more customers. Good service important for any business because it can increases the customer satisfaction and then bring customer back. Thus, companies have to maintain a good customer service to make the business profitable in long term. Virgin is a private business and NO.1 in England. Virgin Group has different types of business, such as Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin

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