Ironically, at a time when computing is almost the definition
of innovation, research in both software and hardware at
universities and much of industry is becoming insular,
ossified, and irrelevant.

“Who needs new operating systems, anyway?” you ask.
Maybe no one, but then that supports my thesis.

Linux
Innovation? New? No, it’s just another copy of the same old
stuff.

Measure success by ideas, not just papers and money. Make
the industry want your work.

The future is distributed computation, but the language
community has done very little to address that possibility.

The community must separate research from market
capitalization.

I haven’t thought about this until today, but I’m convinced.

PD: I’m gonna try Plan 9 next weekend.