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Lesson 9 Internet Services and Business Tools

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• Two popular mass-marketing technologies used to push advertisements, promotions and emergency broadcasts to customers are:   o Opt-in e-mail marketing o Opt-in mass texting services  
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• List server   – collects and distributes information to and from listserve groups  
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o List servers:    LISTSERV (www.lsoft.com)  Majordomo (www.greatcircle.com/majordomo)  Lyris (www.lyris.com)  
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o Listserve group   – participants who subscribe to a mailing list through a list server  
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• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)   o Used to transfer files between two computers o Public FTP servers generally allow anonymous logon and allow downloading of files only o Files are downloaded via the FTP "get" command o Corporate FTP servers usually require a user name and password  
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• Common compression utilities include:   o Zip/unzip o Bzip2/bunzip2 o Bzip/bunzip o Gzip/gunzip o Compress/uncompress o RAR/WinRAR  
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• Remote Desktop Connection is part of Microsoft Terminal Services, which is a suite of tools that enables computers to function as dedicated clients to a server running Windows   o You use Remote Desktop Connection to control a remote computer; similar to VNC  
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• In a peer-to-peer network   each computer has both client and server capabilities  
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• SETI Institute   – www.seti.org search for extrateresstrial  
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• The ipconfig command   – displays your system's IP configurations  
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• The ping command   – tests connectivity between a source system and a destination system  
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• The tracert command   – determines the path between a source system and a destination system  
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• Open source   – a peer-based development process in which the source code is available to anyone and can be developed concurrently  
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• Open-source licenses:   o GNU General Public License (GPL) o BSD License o Apache License o Mozilla Public License (MPL) o Common Public License (CPL)  
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• Proprietary software   – software that is owned by an author or entity  
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• End-user license agreement (EULA)   – a legal contract between the software's author and the end user who uses the software  
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• Proprietary software   – software that is owned by an author or entity  
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• A typical EULA:   o Copyrights the code so that it belongs to the author o Specifies exactly how an end user may use the software  
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• Patent   – a set of exclusive rights granted to an inventor for a fixed period of time upon disclosure of the invention  
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• Patent jurisdiction:   • Patents do not apply worldwide • You must apply to a specific patent office belonging to a particular country or group of countries  
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• Patent controversy:   • Patents can squelch creativity • Patents can increase cost • Patents are difficult to enforce and apply  
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