Comments on: Google Opens a Door to Competition https://www.bitsbook.com/2008/12/google-opens-a-door-to-competition/ Your Life, Liberty and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 By: Harry Lewis https://www.bitsbook.com/2008/12/google-opens-a-door-to-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:24:55 +0000 http://www.bitsbook.com/?p=329#comment-1242 There’s another old aphorism, “Follow the money.”

]]> By: Hilary https://www.bitsbook.com/2008/12/google-opens-a-door-to-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:58:33 +0000 http://www.bitsbook.com/?p=329#comment-1238 I was a beta-tester for their datasets service and have attended a number of talks by some of the engineers working on the project. I suspect that Google underestimated the likelihood that scientists would share their data online. Several studies have suggested there is significant resistance towards data sharing amongst researchers, despite the majority agreeing that the open availability of data for reproducibility and verification of results is necessary for the progress of science:

Campbell, E et al. Data withholding in academic genetics: evidence from a national survey. JAMA. 2002;287:473-480. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/4/473

Sterling, T. Analysis and Reanalysis of Shared Scientific Data. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 1988;495,1:49-60
http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/495/1/49

Vogeli C et al. Data withholding and the next generation of scientists: results of a national survey. Acad Med. 2006 Feb;81(2):128-36.

The old aphorism “if you build it, they will come” is far from true…

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