[Arm-netbook] New Open Access Journal for Open Source Hardware

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 10:26:11PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
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> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Thursday 1. September 2016 20.04.58 Mike Leimon wrote:
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> One of my friends brought this new open access journal to my attention this
> >> morning. Apparently, it is just starting up now and looking for an initial
> >> call for papers.
> >>
> >> http://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/
> >
> > It's interesting to know that Elsevier think it's worth "taking a punt" on
> > something like this, even though they publish books and journals on anything
> > and everything. It may help to get attention from a wider audience.
> 
>  which begs the question (bringing things back to a positive note) -
> so thank you to mike for raising this so that the idea can come about:
> why the heck don't we set up some sort of journal / conference at some
> point?  or find a suitable existing conference and ask them if they'd
> like to run a track.  fosdem2016 or something.  fosdem's big enough
> (but might also be too big already).
> 

There's a mini-Debconf at ARM in Cambridge in November ...

Elzevier - avoid at all costs if you value freedom in any respect.
Various scientific folks have begun to boycott them and publish
in house or independent peer-reviewed publication.

FOSDEM might well be an option.


AndyC

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