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But you don't extend that same argument for an agricultural research department by asking them to have a homegrown farm for supplying the university with food!
by chii 5mo ago
But you don't extend that same argument for an agricultural research department by asking them to have a homegrown farm for supplying the university with food!
I dont think a competent CS department requires their being a homegrown or on-prem system for use in the university. That could happen, but if resources could be better spent by purchasing rather than building, then that should be the correct choice.
- walrus01 5mo agoWell, even in the mid 80s for example when many universities and their CS departments were heavily into DIY in house software development, none of them were expected to write all of the software used by all of the university. Ordinary workstation platforms were still purchasing MS-DOS 3.3 licenses with their hardware or Mac OS with their macs, etc. And things like Microsoft Office, Wordperfect. Universities which do have large agriculture/farming related departments often operate their own small scale test/development/experimental farm.