From: Thomas Krichel <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 05:06:44 +0000


Stevan Harnad writes

> Shame on SSRN.

Why? I am certainly looking forward to SSRN becoming as undynamic as
Mendeley after an Elsevier takeover.

> I don't know about Arxiv (needless centralization and its concentrated
> expenses are always vulnerabe to faux-benign take-overs) but what's sure is
> that the distributed network of Green institutional repositories
> worldwide is not for sale, and that is their strength...

RePEc can not be bought either. I created it before institutional
repositories came along. It is based on the same principles as
institutional repositories.


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