[WikiEN-l] "Fatally Flawed" -- Internal Britannica Review Tackles Nature Methods

[Ray Saintonge]

geni wrote:

>On 3/22/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
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>>On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:52:09 +1100, you wrote:
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>>>Britannica must be struggling. I recently got a letter offering me a free
>>>Britannica CD-ROM (basic edition) if I subscribed. I don't think that is a
>>>good sign.
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>>I thought that was a pretty old offer?  I seem to recall something
>>similar at least five years back.  Could be wrong, of course.
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>>I think these days anybody selling access to information is
>>struggling.  Too much of it is free.
>>Guy (JzG)
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>Journals appear to be doing ok.
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Mostly because they deal in specialized niches.

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