Re: Elsevier

I read John's manifesto, which was interesting. One thing I do not understand is the reluctance of libraries and universities to get involved in this. While TAC runs without any funding at all (except for the trivial storage cost that Mt. Alison contributes), a journal publishing a more typical 2000 pages a year would need at least a minimum of some clerical support. A donation of $50/year by 100 universities would go a long way. Several years ago one of my colleagues suggested starting a free journal to be called McGill J. Math. But there were so many naysayers in the department that the idea never got off the ground. As far as I can tell, I was the only one to support the idea (and volunteer to help). Pity. Michael