So maybe this is a biased perspective because I have an existing relationship with Purdue... Purdue, as with MIT, tends to oversell their research a little bit

So maybe this is a biased perspective because I have an existing relationship with Purdue... Purdue, as with MIT, tends to oversell their research a little bit (a lot). The difference is that MIT's overselling is believable whereas Purdue's wreaks of insecurity and overstating as posturing. As others have noted on a technical level...take it with a grain of salt. The current president (and ex-Republicant governor) Mitch Daniels has been pushing a really hard narrative of privatizing the university and its resources for corporate gain. He neeeeeeds this type of thing, whether or not it pans out.