<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>I've often reflected that OA is a lot closer to raincoat science than rocket science. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-Science.html">http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/179-Raincoat-Science.html</a></span></div><div>The essential message is super-simple:</div><div><br></div><div> It's the online age</div><div> You're losing research impact...</div><div> Make it free online</div><div><br></div><div>About as deep and complex as the following -- and yet, for two decades, the response has been Zeno's Paralysis:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12094/">http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12094/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div> Look kids, it's raining</div><div> Time to put on your raincoats...</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div> Can't: against the law -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#10.Copyright</a> </div><div> Won't: no clouds I saw</div><div> Can't: branding's at risk -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#5.Certification</a> </div><div> Won't: I must keep wet -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#27.Secrecy</a> </div><div> Can't: which coat to choose? -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#23.Version</a> </div><div> Won't: my pay I'll lose -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#35.Royalties</a> </div><div> Can't: coats may go bad -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#3.Corruption</a> </div><div> Won't: drought risk increased -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#28.Affordability</a> </div><div> Can't: too much to do -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#34.Priorities</a> </div><div> Won't: rain's good for you</div><div> Can't: can't read instrux -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#15.Readability</a> </div><div> Won't: need cheaper meds -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#30.Rechanneling</a> </div><div> Can't: standards at risk -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#7.Peer</a> </div><div> Won't: risks towel biz -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#17.Publishers</a> </div><div> Can't: weathermen's needs -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#19.Learned</a> </div><div> Won't: there's too much rain -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation</a> </div><div> Can't: the look's not right -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#16.Graphics</a> </div><div> Won't: let's wait sky-shield -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#33.DigitaLibidoo</a> </div><div> Can't: trees need their jobs -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#18.Libraries</a> </div><div> Won't: might miss good drops -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#21.Serendipity</a> </div><div> Can't: they have no tags -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#25.Mark-Up</a> </div><div> Won't: need weathercasts -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#26.Classification</a> </div><div> Can't: careers at risk -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#22.Tenure/</a>Promotion </div><div> Won't: steals druggists' biz -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#24.Napster</a> </div><div> Can't: could dehydrate</div><div> Won't: lest I'm not first -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#12.Priority</a> </div><div> Can't: which safe to wear? -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#2.Authentication</a> </div><div> Won't: wait for clime change -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#31.Waiting</a> </div><div> Can't: raincoats decay -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#1.Preservation</a> </div><div> Won't: cuts medics' pay -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#14.Capitalism</a> </div><div> Can't: bankrupts brollies -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#8.Paying</a> </div><div> Won't: parents' excess -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#20.University</a> </div><div> Can't: global drying</div><div> Won't: disrupts climate -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#9.Downsizing</a> </div><div> Can't: quality risk -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#6.Evaluation</a> </div><div> Won't: false weathercasts -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#13.Censorship</a> </div><div> Can't: risks coat recall -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#32.Poisoned</a> </div><div> Won't: not wet at all -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#29.Sitting</a> </div><div> Can't: can't fasten snaps -- <a href="http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/">http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/</a> </div><div> Won't: dries others up -- <a href="http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism">http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#11.Plagiarism</a> </div><div> Can't: god meant us wet</div><div> Won't: dry's not enough -- <a href="http://bit.ly/cK2IN">http://bit.ly/cK2IN</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>