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Who Will Pay For Open Access?

Posted by timothy on from the sponsors-and-bounties dept.

babble123 writes "IEEE is thinking about providing everyone with free access to its publication database (which has saved many a grad student from a trip to the library). The problem is, where will they get the money to fund the journals if not from subscriptions? In this article, they discuss one proposed alternative, 'author-pays,' but they certainly aren't enthusiastic about it, and I don't blame them. And yet, the money has to come from somewhere. Any better ideas?"

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  1. don't take me seriously by philipkd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    don't take me seriously... I was just hunting for a decent FP.

    Yeah, I know RTFA!!!

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