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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by c3534l on Saturday September 16, 2017 @05:07PM (#15266763)
No it doesn't because there are still fixed costs. Even if it costs me the same to send out a software license to the 100th person as it does to the 101st person, I still have to pay to develop the software, pay the rent, the fixed subscription fee of whatever it is I'm using behind the scenes to develop it, host it, etc.
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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by rsfern on Sunday September 17, 2017 @07:22AM (#15269126)
Sure, but do the fixed costs really justify the current pricing? The last paper I submitted, the gold open access fee was $3k... Forget it, we just put the preprint on arXiv, which has no problem hosting versioned preprints at no cost to the authors.
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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by c3534l on Sunday September 17, 2017 @11:44AM (#15270107)
I was really only commenting on the statement "Zero marginal cost means that a competitor can come along at any time and charge a zero price." There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
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