Keep in mind that IntelliJ was developed for a market which is three or four orders of magnitude larger: devs, investments, etc. That is an entirely different

Keep in mind that IntelliJ was developed for a market which is three or four orders of magnitude larger: devs, investments, etc. That is an entirely different business model then. Compare for example commercial Smalltalk (VisualWorks, ObjectStudio Enterprise, Gemstone, VA Smalltalk ...): https://gemtalksystems.com/licensing/ https://gemtalksystems.com/licensing/ https://www.instantiations.com/vast-platform/pricing/ https://www.instantiations.com/vast-platform/pricing/