Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy

Re:Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy by amelius on Saturday June 16, 2018 @06:49AM (#17326898)

> If people cared about Open Science, they'd publish in PeerJ or PLOS One, but they care a lot more about saying they have pub credits in Nature.

True, but perhaps the thinking goes: we'll publish another paper in an open journal, so we can have our cake and eat it too.

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Re:Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy by n4r9 on Saturday June 16, 2018 @08:42AM (#17327176)

When I was an academic, the thinking was: if I manage to publish in Nature then I might actually be able to get a postdoc when my current one / PhD runs out. Otherwise I'll go open.

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