The_Lizards_Jumpers
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They make a loss and are on their way to breaking even, they're not pulling in huge profits year after year.
Because that's the way the world works - why else would people build businesses ?
You can't rely on hobbyists to build and maintain the infrastructure that effectively controls how the world works and communicates - of course some do, but the vast majority will want monetize it which in turn will drive further development.
Libre have copied Microsoft's product, which is great and relies on a developer community to keep it up to date, but very few corporations use their software, and they're not breaking new ground elsewhere (as far as I'm aware).
