Publishing Jargon was RE: [OT] Switching to Linux (was: Microsoft takes on ACT)

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

From: Bob Leif
To: Chris Danx et al.

Actually, it is not anyone's stupidity but my use of scientific jargon.
A preprint is a copy of a paper prior to its publication. It has the
virtue that the author still owns the copyright. A reprint is a copy of
the paper made after publication. Reprints are often printed copies of
the papers, which are sold by the publishers to the authors. They were
an excellent business for publishers. 

Parenthetically, there is another relevant term, disintermediation. This
means eliminating the publisher entirely, usually by publishing the
material on the web.  

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Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [OT] Switching to Linux (was: Microsoft takes on ACT)


"Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1022819409.14626.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> From: Bob Leif
> To: Marin David Condic et al.
> I agree about reading my Ada Letters article. However, if someone is
> motivated to do something, I will gladly send them a preprint.

Forgive my stupidity but what is a preprint?