Gabriel: Answer out of utter ignorance perhaps (even more) more ubiquity, tangibility (is that even a word?) in the classroom/ for students, less problems with Greek text via browsers, no need for internet access perhaps? (I am ashamed to admit I have a Mac at work- sometimes my word crashes).
Dr. Anna Foka, Umeå University.
> On 6 feb 2014, at 17:10, "Gabriel Bodard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> What would this "competing app" do that Perseus / Alpheios etc. don't
> already do?
>
> (Genuine question, btw: I'm hoping we can brainstorm our wishlist for an
> open Latin app.)
>
>> On 2014-02-06 15:27, Rogueclassicist wrote:
>> Thinking out loud. .... Given the open access availability of Perseus, couldn't a sort of competing app be developed?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Feb 6, 2014, at 10:20 AM, "Charles E. Jones" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> (With all due respect) In your dreams!
>>>
>>> Details on how libraries are going to license this stuff are thin at the moment - possibly through De Gruyter?
>>>
>>> Edwin Donnelly and others have worked to make the open (i.e. old) Loebs accessible:
>>> http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/loebolus-loebs.html
>>>
>>> -Chuck-
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: The Digital Classicist List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gabriel Bodard [[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:00 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] Fwd: INFO: Loeb Online
>>>
>>> Anyone know anything about this Loeb announcement? Will the texts be
>>> open access, or even better, open licensed?
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: INFO: Loeb Online
>>> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:34:39 +0000
>>> From: Clark, Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/loeb/digital.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Forthcoming in Fall 2014: The Digital Loeb Classical Library®
>>>
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