Are there any independent browser companies? What's the business model? Nobody will pay for a browser. If you work in this area, you need a well funded patron t

Are there any independent browser companies? What's the business model? Nobody will pay for a browser. If you work in this area, you need a well funded patron that sees a browser as strategic. A browser is strategic, hence Steve Jobs getting pissed. Starting your own company also requires specialist and generalist skills that a browser engineer doesn't have, and exposes him to risk that won't be worth it to a rock star developer.