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Is there anyone in the industry who both would read research papers and isn't a member of the ACM and IEEE? A couple of hundred dollars a year is unreasonable if you're a hobbyist or a student (but in the latter case you have your university library), but programming pays well enough that it's not that expensive if you're a working programmer. Open access is great, but I don't buy membership dues being as much of a barrier as he seems to think they are.