Scientists No Longer Sharing Information?

Posted by michael on Sunday January 27, 2002 @10:03AM from the open-and-shut-case dept.

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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Sorry by littleRedFriend · 2002-01-27 10:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I can't share my opinion on genetic research data with you right now. I'm writing a business plan.

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IANAL, but imagine a beowulf cluster of in Soviet Russia all your belong are base to us welcoming the new SCO overlords.
What happened to the quest for knowledge? by autopr0n · 2002-01-27 11:27 · Score: 2, Offtopic

Simple. Who needs knowledge when you could have money?

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autopr0n is like, down and stuff.