How did we let this problem develop? I think it was simply a matter of creeping normalcy.
Probably so. I know from working with various industries, such as military radio guys, that gradually their jobs became all about software. Twenty years ago you'd have one software guy and 30 engineers and now you have 30 software guys and 1 engineer. It was very late in the day when folks sat down and said "Hey! We're really a software organization now, and this stuff is really important, so we'd better start tightening things up" I imagine some types of academic research are in that same place now.
How did we let this problem develop? I think it was simply a matter of creeping normalcy.
Probably so. I know from working with various industries, such as military radio guys, that gradually their jobs became all about software. Twenty years ago you'd have one software guy and 30 engineers and now you have 30 software guys and 1 engineer. It was very late in the day when folks sat down and said "Hey! We're really a software organization now, and this stuff is really important, so we'd better start tightening things up" I imagine some types of academic research are in that same place now.
It just creeps in over many years.
Open Source Science is looking better and better.