Scientists No Longer Sharing Information?

chill writes: "A little while back there was an item here on Slashdot about the debate over public funded research and whether or not it should be required to be "open". Well, here is some ammunition to one side of the debate. It seem there is an article in the Chicago Tribune about the increasing unwillingness of genetic researchers to share supporting information with colleagues. The study is from the Journal of the American Medical Association for those who want more than the second-hand summary of the Trib."

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Re:Scientific research was never shared to begin w

[Bowie J. Poag]

"Open source and communication in computing brought C, Unix, the Internet, e-mail, etc.
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Wrong. Those were brought to you by AT &T Bell Labs in the mid-late 60's, and were far from "open". The development efforts going on there were as closed as you can get. Here's an example: The concept of "email", while not developed by Bell Labs, was privately developed for nearly 7 years before it was shown to the public in December '68. Google for Doug Englebart sometime. He worked for decades to give kiddies like you the idea the impression you were doing something new.

You need to go back and learn a little history before you open your mouth and let your foot in.

Cheers,