At 10:00 AM 10/4/2009, you wrote:
Mitchell's refusal of any rewriting of his work seems understandable to me. Would image pdf with underlying text for searchability satisfy both belligerents and put an end to this lengthy dispute?
No "rewriting" has been proposed. File translation has been proposed. When you send in a paper for publication, that's what you normally get. In the translation, it is possible that some error might occur, it is possible that it might not be noticed. However, this can happen with all publication. Image with text is possible, I'm sure, but there is also a bandwidth issue. A simple solution has already been proposed, that Mitchell give Jed permission to copy the papers as hosted on newenergytimes.com. Now, if that is image with text, it might still be some problem for Jed.
If Jed wants the library to be more complete, he might bend a little. If Mitchell wants his papers to be somewhat more available, he might bend a little. And if neither will bend, well, the rest of us will survive. I noticed that Jed retracted the "extortion racket" hyperbole. That was appropriate. And I also noticed that Mitchell stopped making the accusations that Jed was lying. That was also helpful.
