Education is an industry. Ideas are not, there is no marketplace for ideas, etc. Old vs. new is just a matter of taste. The overriding value is whether somethi

Education is an industry. Ideas are not, there is no marketplace for ideas, etc. Old vs. new is just a matter of taste. The overriding value is whether something works or not. In general, the technical people I've met have very little patience for things that don't work, regardless of when they were built.