REISNER@dmb.csiro.au (12/03/89)
> The Balance of Research Support > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Government and industry are placing too much emphasis on "mission- > oriented projects" and not providing enough funding for basic > research, renowned computer scientist DONALD KNUTH told the World > Computer Congress. The scientific community "faces a crisis," the > Stanford University professor said, because scientists can't get > funding for projects unless they "subscribe to somebody else's > agenda" telling them what to do. We need a lot of small projects > devised by many scientists, instead of concentrating most of our > resources on a few huge projects with predefined goals."