That makes us very different from the official papers that write what they are told to and the commercial papers, which pander to readers.

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There is almost a refusal to believe that the Euro is inflicting so much damage. 20 years ago I spent a lot of my time in the corridors here working on broadband trials, sketching out papers on 3G for European scientists and imagining what commercial satellites would be used for.

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Academics, who live in a culture which values the free and easy movement of information (and who edit and referee papers for nothing) have long been uncomfortable bedfellows with commercial publishing companies, which want to maximise profits by charging for access to that information, and who control many (although not all) of the most prestigious scientific journals.

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