Re: scientific publishing process (was Re: Cost and access)

On 10/5/14 9:55 AM, Dominic Oldman wrote:
> Further to Hugh's comment about the non-"techhy" world I found this 
> interesting quote on the Web.
>
> "The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it 
> for a social effect — to help people work together — and not as a 
> technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve 
> our weblike existence in the world."
>
> I like this blue sky thinking and it seems to suggest (to me) that 
> sometimes constantly moving technical engineering is not always 
> productive or collaborative.
>
> Dominic
>
> (I will have a look at e-prints :-))
>

Yes! The Web is fundamentally about collaboration (which is social) and 
data flow (even when this data is subject to data access policies and 
access control lists etc..).

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