Subject: Topology \neq K-theory From: Andrew Ranicki Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:35:20 +0100 Unfortunately Andy Baker, my distinguished colleague from the other side of Scotland, equates the mass resignations of the editors of Topology and K-theory. As Wolfgang Lueck and I have tried to show (for example, in the statements on http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/editor which were also posted on this discussion list) the circumstances of the Topology and K-theory resignations were quite different, and should not be equated. The cost of journals is a perfectly legitimate issue for mathematicians to discuss, and if necessary to act on. However, this issue should not be misused, a point made by Matthias Kreck in his statement http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=585