tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1014004731250979759..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Elsevier Does a Microsoft with Open AccessGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-6230022269720276562009-06-25T07:36:22.865+00:002009-06-25T07:36:22.865+00:00As you say, it's so counter-intuitive: science...As you say, it's so counter-intuitive: science *has* to be open access, or else it doesn't work properly.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-39973997186488114072009-06-25T07:12:56.002+00:002009-06-25T07:12:56.002+00:00I remember how naive I was before I enrolled unive...I remember how naive I was before I enrolled university: I assumed all science is "open access" (not really knowing the term back then, but I assumed the knowledge is freely available - heck, it's science!).<br /><br />Then, I discovered that searching for papers is more complicated than searching for free porn (including the "click here to get it" links leading to "pay" pages). Oh well, the discovery rather demotivated me.<br /><br />(My uni had quite some subscriptions for online access to journals, but one would anyway keep running into some articles that were in those we didn't have access to. And even in those we had access to, the interface to get there was far from pleasant.)<br /><br />Hopefully, things change for the better.dentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-18663036451830407302009-06-25T06:55:19.735+00:002009-06-25T06:55:19.735+00:00Yes, it's sad that they're taking this con...Yes, it's sad that they're taking this confrontational approach - it's even worse with the RIAA, of course. Sad, because unnecessary: there are plenty of good business models that involve working with rather than against the public.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-7326045420516449402009-06-25T03:48:55.639+00:002009-06-25T03:48:55.639+00:00Businesses have effectively declared war on the pu...Businesses have effectively declared war on the public, by forcing money out of them through every way possible, including maliciously. It's not surprising when the public responds by fighting back. Information means freedom; closing it off means profit for most businesses and industries. The Internet has merely been the mechanism to aid the public in fighting to overcome this.<br /><br />"The More You Know"Yfrwlfnoreply@blogger.com