More EoL commentary

Lucy Odling-Smee has a short piece on EoL in Nature (doi:10.1038/news070508-7), quoting a certain Page chap as saying

"If it's done well it could be fabulous"

Not the most insightful thing I've ever said. One of the issues Lucy's piece highlights is the long term sustainability of electronic resources like EoL. The whole issue of digital curation is worrying, given the transient nature of many electronic resources.