The Journal Publisher Lobby in the UK & Netherlands: Part I - Open Access Archivangelism

"The UK and the Netherlands -- not coincidentally, the home bases of Big Publishing for refereed research -- have issued coordinated statements in support of what cannot be described other than as a publishers' nocturnal fantasy, in the face of the unstoppable worldwide clamour for Open Access ... Now please read how fully the Dutch government fell for the publishing lobby's nocturnal fantasy. (Tomorrow you will see the same from the UK.)  Here is a quick google translation of excerpts from Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands on 'Commitment to further developments in open access scientific publication' ..."