I think we need to find a new paradigm for funding infrastructure work. You guys might not like it, but may be you could get something like grants from NSF or t

I think we need to find a new paradigm for funding infrastructure work. You guys might not like it, but may be you could get something like grants from NSF or the like. In the computational world, NSF, DOE, and DOD often fund the development of computational codes that are then used by researchers across the US and even the world. It isn't the most stable way to fund development, but it's better than nothing that is the status quo. For an example of this, see this[0]. The ecp is kind of an exception, but smaller grants fund all sorts of smaller codes. [0] https://www.exascaleproject.org/ https://www.exascaleproject.org/