This is not intended in any way as a criticism of
academic computing, which does a truly spectacular job with extremely
limited resources and has my greatest respect. Rather it refers to the
fact that it is so large, and the base that it serves so
diverse, that its ability to transform itself rapidly has been to some
extent compromised, sensibly enough choosing to optimize reliability of
service in established ways even when new models emerge that might
reduce marginal costs.
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