Thanks to Phil Davis for posting<http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/04/01/mergers-create-uber-publisher/>this leak about the possibility of an Elsevier/Springer/Wiley-Blackwell mega-merger. Advice to OA Advocates: Pay no attention. The merger is of no interest or consequence for OA, which, as always, depends on one thing and one thing only: Mandating Green OA self-archiving<http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/>on the part of all universities and research funders. Don't let this take your eye off the ball! Stevan Harnad