<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish</a><div><br></div><div>About the Elsevier Mendeley takeover.</div>
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This tactic, perfected by Microsoft, is the biggest barrier to true open access, using open standards and open systems. This tactic severely limits inter-operability between disparate systems and harms digital curation in the long term.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See graphic attached.</div></div>