you also have symbions ... and that is even more positive
bernard
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 01:19:35PM +0000, Stevan Harnad wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Chris Rusbridge wrote:
>
> > Stevan, remember the difference between parasites and epiphytes. Parasites
> > kill their hosts. That does not seem to be quite what you are saying.
>
> Very astute point by Chris! Yes, epiphyte is the apter metaphor:
> Self-archiving will not kill its host but cure it from a maladaptive and
> unsustainable condition, an obsolete Gutenberg legacy. Self-archiving
> will not only provide immediate open access for all, but it will force
> refereed journal publishing to cut inessentials, downsize to the
> essentials, and recover its costs via the natural means for this special
> literature, namely, institutional peer-review costs paid per outgoing
> accepted (or submitted) paper, instead of access-blocking tolls paid
> per incoming journal.
>
> Stevan Harnad
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