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ycmbntrthrwaway on March 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Should All Research Papers Be Free?

> So here is the radical question: why the fuck do we need 100+ CS-related journal publishers out there? All we need is one.

I don't get it. You want it to be monopoly?

jacquesm on March 14, 2016 [–]

It need not be a monopoly even if there is only one. It could be a decentralized single entity along the lines of usenet with a whole pile of people contributing and there being only one major distribution network.

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