[The author responds:]
I thank John Tagg and Gord Lindsay for responding to my article1 in which I sketched a vision of the future of medical publishing - only time will tell how unrealistic or naïve it is. I don't expect publishers to roll over, as Tagg suggests, although I predict publishers who do not innovate will be bowled over by the tsunami of electronic publishing bearing down upon them. Despite the parody in Lindsay's letter, the vision of a public informed and active in health matters is a good one. Lindsay and Tagg neglect the key point in my article: there is a terrible inequality in medical knowledge around the world, and we need to find innovative ways to remedy this in the interests of global peace and justice.
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