Comment Nothing new (Score 1) 408
This really isn't anything new. The ARPA/DARPA that created ARPAnet and a lot of the early advances in computing hasn't really existed since the mid to late 70's. At that point the there was a demand that projects return usable results within 2-3yrs. I don't know what it has been like for the last 20yrs, but unless there was a change towards more openended research I don't see how this is much different.
