Otto,
At 20:50 +0100 7/03/06, Otto Spaniol wrote:
Dear Guy,
Let me remind you that we decided to go "open access" for the TC6 journal. As far as I know, Springer is not, and Guy Pujolle agreed that the Springer solution was not the best approach. There is no room for another classical high quality journal in networking. This is probably the reason why Guy P. and Harry P. did not react to Springer emails.
I don't understand things anymore: In Wroclaw Guy Pujolle was complaining that Springer did not support the initiative. Now Springer supports it (and has apparently supported it)
- but we are still far from being satisfied.
Are we crazy or what?
Sure! :-)
Do we want a TC6 journal or not?
In the long run, it makes little sense to have a TC6 journal published by an official publisher like Springer. In 4 years from now, IFIP and Springer may have no agreement any more. If our journal is published by Springer, what shall we do?
I think we should look for open access solutions (for the TC6 journal AND the IFIP DL). This is the only reasonable way.
Do you think Springer could accept the idea of a fully open access journal (at no cost for authors and no cost for readers) with copyrights retained by authors? If so, we may not close that door.
Living with the "best approach" is a nice dream but sometimes it might be acceptable to accept the second best approach.
Best regards, Guy
Best regards Otto