I don't want to repeat myself, but see my comment for links.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1600965

Yea, that's exactly what I was looking for. I'm wondering what barriers are preventing this from getting biggers? Big education? Prestige for tenure / publish or perish? Publisher oligarchy?

I'd really like to talk to guys in this field.

I'm afraid that it's mostly just a human tendency to embrace "the way things are/should/will always be".

Tradition over ambition!