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> It is a little known story, but in the mid 0's, arXiv came within a hair of being sold to IoP by the Cornell University Library. ¶ Source?
by jessriedel 11y ago
> It is a little known story, but in the mid 0's, arXiv came within a hair of being sold to IoP by the Cornell University Library.
¶ Source?
- PaulHoule 11y agoMe. I stopped it from happening and got fired.
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoThis deserves a blog post.
- PaulHoule 11y agoMaybe. Everybody involved got fired, all the way to the then head of the CUL. I haven't talked about it much because whistleblowers just get nailed to the wall. The only kind of settlement that is worth it is enough money you never have to work again and can live high on the hog.
- PaulHoule 11y agoMaybe. Everybody involved got fired, all the way to the then head of the CUL. I haven't talked about it much because whistleblowers just get nailed to the wall. The only kind of settlement that is worth it is enough money you never have to work again and can live high on the hog.
- jessriedel 11y agoWould Paul Ginsparg vouch for your story?
- PaulHoule 11y agoTry it.
- jessriedel 11y agoI don't understand. I don't know Paul that well, but I'd consider him a friend. Are you critical of him? Would he roughly agree with your take?