This pretty much summarizes the academic mentality: Everything must be neat, tidy, and follow a well-defined formal process, preferably one defined by a committ

This pretty much summarizes the academic mentality: Everything must be neat, tidy, and follow a well-defined formal process, preferably one defined by a committee that uses a lot of big words and stands above mere mortals. The reason the web has become such a big deal is exactly that its development is not constrained by such thinking.