Re: some emacs history

["Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu>]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

>> This is a big problem with doi. It may point to hidden resources and
>> in fact be totally useless for those who does not have access.

I don't view that as a problem peculiar to DOIs; it also applies to
URLs, as well as non-electronic services, such as private clubs.
Somethings in life are free, but most are not.

By giving the article title in my posting, I hoped that list readers
without access might see whether a preprint can be found for free
elsewhere on the Web.  That is frequently the case with academic
research, although I suspect that Dan Murphy has retired by now.

However, I should have mentioned in my posting that many city, county,
regional, and academic libraries can get copies of journal articles
via the international Interlibrary Loan facility, often at no cost to
the borrow.  [I once got a physical book from a library in Scotland
that way.]

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