Peter Suber - Microsoft Research adopts OA policy. From the Microsoft…

"Microsoft Research recently committed to an Open Access policy <http://goo.gl/mCCeDV> for our researchers’ publications. As evidenced by a long-running series of blog posts <http://tonyhey.net/> by Tony Hey, vice president of Microsoft Research Connections, Microsoft Research has carefully deliberated our role in the growing movement toward open publications and open data....While Microsoft Research has published actively in academic journals, conferences, and workshops since its inception in 1992, in adopting this open access policy, we have publicly stated our commitment....As a practical matter, we believe that our open access policy will benefit Microsoft Research and the external research community by empowering our researchers to share their work freely, and it will enable Microsoft Research to build a complete, comprehensive, and accessible repository of our research publications...."