I have a meeting next week with a state-system-wide committee focused on the repository, which has been undergoing Budget Uncertainties. One of the things I plan to get across Loud And Clear is that THE SYSTEM MADE A COMMITMENT to the materials in the repository when it decided to open the repository, and no matter what their budget situation or their opinion of the repository service in general or me in particular...

... deep breath...

THEY NEED TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT.

In other words, yes, a lot of people Just Don't Get It, and I am sad to say that that phenomenon isn't necessarily limited to techies, either.