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. > > 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 > > Richard > > > -- > Richard M. Davis > Manager, Digital Archives & Repositories > University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) > Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU > > t: +44 (0) 20 7863 1350 > m: +44 (0) 79 3040 6197 > e: r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk > w: http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/ > b: http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/ > c: http://tinyurl.com/richardscalendar > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)
