Comment If they choose to be irrelevant... (Score 1) 397
The Times really ought to open up its archive and let everyone, including Lexis-Nexis, have free access.
I think it's up to them to do what they like; I don't think the government should force them to open up.
If they keep themselves closed, they will gradually become irrelevant, the way Wikipedia is making Encyclopedia Brittanica irrelevant. If they chose to be a dinosaur, I say let them, and good riddance.
