From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7177 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: the cost of knowledge Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:27:38 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4F245AF7.8000302@dm.uba.ar> Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327860238 6077 80.91.229.3 (29 Jan 2012 18:03:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:03:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "categories" To: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Sun Jan 29 19:03:57 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.4]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RrZ6V-0003qW-8o for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:03:51 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:38331) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RrZ5m-0007Xb-4d; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrZ5m-00076h-6G for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:03:06 -0400 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7177 Archived-At: Dear Eduardo, Supporting the boycott is probably easier for an established = mathematician like myself than for a young mathematician without a permanent position. On the other hand, solving this problem is important for the young = generation, since it concerns the scientific life of the future. I agree that there are other modes of action, like putting our papers on the arXiv. I am strongly supporting that. But it does not address the problem of our libraries which are forced to = spend huge sums of money to buy knowledges produced by universities, not by publishing houses. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-m= urdoch-socialist http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/16/academic-publishers-enemies= -science?CMP=3Dtwt_fd Best, Andr=E9 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]