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I was recently ranting about the lack of common sense and historical wisdom that I've been seeing among younger IT folks when it comes to understanding data storage technology. To assuage me, an associate quoted one of the ancient philosophers (historians are unclear as to who actually said this) saying the children of his day were "impatient of all restraint ... [and] talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them." Little has changed in 2,500 years. A meeting I attended at a data storage software vendor is what set me off. I was invited with other analysts and consultants to a technical roadmap session. The company had recently changed management, and the goal was to help the new guy chart a course forward. Of course, we all opined about changes on the horizon and the opportunities or obstacles they might create for the company. In my view, the challenges are simple: We've drifted into a technical idiocracy, in which the foundations of everything computer science has created ...