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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by hyperbovine on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:31AM (#20273118)
> I dunno, but it seems to me universities increasingly focus on press releases and marketing departments...

A byproduct of public disinvestment in higher ed. Nowadays, you've got to show the taxpayers, and donors, where their money goes. Which is not all bad in my opinion.

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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by bluGill on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @08:55AM (#20273695)
There is a lot of investment in higher ed. Everybody wants more of the limited resources available. Since resources are limited the natural result is marketing trying to show you are worth more.
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