Re: [seul-edu] Re: [Fwd: Re: Software for journal publish]

[jeremy hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu>]

>  you should not expect any new recommanded systems closer to your needs 
> than what we have recommanded already.
>
> sad but true
>
i'm not sure this is a good tactic, rhetorically or strategically for 
OSS.  the education market worldwide is huge, and to make a few 
competing systems in this category for open use could explode the 
market, providing a backdoor to other markets.  that is in part 
microsoft's strategy in education, to get familiarity and preference 
established early and then to allow that perspective to influence later 
patterns.  sure academic publishing is not an arena that will 
necessarily affect many students at first, but over time it could 
especially as other parts of the market come to the fore, like open 
encyclopedias, open textbooks, etc.  in any case, we'll see where it all 
goes.
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