Computer Science Is All About Tradeoffs

I oftentimes have a student or client remark, "I love how technology X does Y! However, I don't like X because it does Z."

I don't know what else to say other than, "Ok," or "I concur," because after all, that's what computer science, and perhaps all of engineering, is all about - tradeoffs. There is no silver bullet. There is no panacea. Solutions are created to solve a specific problem, but the solution has shortcomings or deficits in other areas....Full Article.