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Crispin Davis is just repeating the tired old myths he also propounded 
in the UK House of Commons hearings on STM publishing in early March. 
For an exposure of his myths and others that are being used to try to 
discredit Open Access, see: 
<http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/inquiry/myths/>

Jan Velterop
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"Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
An article on journals publishing from the Reed Elsevier CEO.

Joe Esposito
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>Why the sci-mag barons are right

In March The Observer's Simon Caulkin argued that scientific publishers
had long used their stranglehold on the market to push up prices at the
expense of underfunded academics. This, he suggested, was about to be
changed by the welcome arrival of 'open access' publishing. Here, 
Crispin Davis, chief executive of leading publisher Reed Elsevier 
defends the industry

Sunday April 18, 2004
The Observer

Vigorous debate is a sign that scientific research is working well; bold
ideas that challenge existing approaches - and their refinement through
experiments - are drivers of scientific progress.

[SNIP]