[michaelochurch]

Good things tend to happen in tech when the mainstream isn't looking.

During bubble times, you get douchebags from MBA-land who come in and, because they generally have superior social polish to real technologists, hog the resources and funding and attention. They make a hash of it, create loads of embarrassment, and slink away after the bubble deflates. Then the real actors get to work for a while... until that generates enough success to draw in the wrong crowd, and the cycle repeats.

Progress is occurring, but there's a shitload of nonsense that can distract one away from seeing it.