On 2012-05-02, at 10:54 AM, Richard M. Davis wrote:
> On 02/05/12 14:08, Stevan Harnad wrote:
>> Asking JW to help make sure peer-reviewed research is
>> available to all is like asking McDonalds to help the UK
>> Food Standards Agency make sure that wholesome food is
>> available to all.
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> Doesn't sound so risible to me. McDonalds, Murdoch and JW plainly have the knack of effective distribution - if some of that know-how can be imparted to more 'virtuous' endeavours, that's a good thing, surely?
Burger makers are paid for their product. Murdoch's admirable coterie of conscientious, paid journalists are paid for their texts. JW has wiki-gnomes webwide doing what they do for him for free.
Meanwhile, the providers of OA are the authors of peer-reviewed research articles, and they are not providing OA.
Where do you see the basis for applying the McDonalds, Murdoch, Wiki-Wales experience and expertise in "effective distribution" to the cracking of this longstanding nut?
Stevan
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