It seems like to me the problem is not that academia isn't interested in reliability, its just that they are solving the wrong problems. I am thinking about Byzantine Fault Tolerance specifically, as from what I understand it is a hot topic of research at the moment. That seems to me to be an example of academic research that is next to useless for practitioners.
BTW that quote is from Leslie Lamport, maybe its so obvious he didn't think it needed a credit.
BTW that quote is from Leslie Lamport, maybe its so obvious he didn't think it needed a credit.