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Would love UC Berkeley to revive innovation and collaboration as seen during the BSD days.
by mechanicker 2y ago
Would love UC Berkeley to revive innovation and collaboration as seen during the BSD days.
- musicale 2y agoSo RISC-V isn't enough for you? ;-) More seriously, it does seem like there were a number of interesting systems research and development collaborations in the 1980s: BSD at Berkeley, Athena at MIT, Andrew at CMU, etc. Currently it seems like the interest, funding, opportunities, and incentives for academic researchers are largely for short-term projects and AI/ML rather than long-term, ongoing systems projects. The modern funding and publishing landscape seems to emphasize speed and quantity over quality and impact. Moreover, it seems that companies with deep pockets (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia) may be less likely to collaborate with and/or fund academic projects as IBM and DEC did in the 1980s. It could be that those partnerships weren't hugely beneficial for AT&T, IBM and DEC's businesses.
- throwaway2037 2y agoeXperimental Computing Facility isn't enough for you?