Friends: Please look up http://www.sist-sciencesdev.net/fichiers/Bulletins/Bulletin_200512_en.pdf for an article on OA and the developing countries by Barbara Kirsop, Leslie Chan and Subbiah Arunachalam. This is a shorter version of an article that appeared a few weeks ago in SciDev.Net. Season's Greetings. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]