David Worlock | The Futurist Panel Post

"Until I got a beer in my hand , and a smiling , intelligent , successful publisher said quietly ” that deal you mentioned between Wellcome and F1000 – you don’t think that will succeed do you ? I mean, they will never make money !” And all of a sudden the best part of a decade had flashed past and I was back in that same room at the same time room interviewing Harold Varmus , co-founder of PLoS, in front of the same crowd . He told them about the launch of PLoS1 ; they said megajournals would never succeed . I rest my case !"