...and this sort of thing is why the company I work for has expanded in India, but has frozen headcount in China. If I were running the zoo we'd be gone from China.

The Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis is a counterpoint to Elsevier et al: Open access; brand-name editor and editorial board (at least for the areas with which I'm familiar). It's been around since 1993 and gets some support from Kent State. An existence proof that a good publication can be run by a loose group of volunteers and kept free.

then try to get back to a duopoly. If you can't get back to a duopoly, whine and throw a fit. Great strategy. AT&T still appears to be "competing" by soaking their customers (junk fees, anyone?) and killing competition. The happiest day of my recent techo-life was when I dropped the last bit of AT&T - T-Mo and Ooma for me. And, frankly, T-Mo ain't that great either, but they still look pretty good as compared to AT&T, which lowers expectations...