What if I don't feel like building an irc replacement? There's real problems that don't have a potential for multi billion users. For example, working on proble

What if I don't feel like building an irc replacement? There's real problems that don't have a potential for multi billion users. For example, working on problems that working scientists face: there's a potentially huge second order impact, but a small potential user base and not necessarily a lot of cash floating around.