Not exactly a web dev agency, but the Apache Software Foundation? I don’t know why more industries do this, set up a trade association where they build the sof

Not exactly a web dev agency, but the Apache Software Foundation? I don’t know why more industries do this, set up a trade association where they build the software tools they need to solve their common problems. I’ve pitched this idea a few times and the usual objection is “what if it helps the competition?”. It’s certainly possible to gain a competitive edge by selecting a better vendor and negotiate a better licensing fee for some proprietary solution, which you would lose with the Apache model. But it may be fairly marginal. An engineering firm might choose SolidWorks or AutoCAD, and I’m sure one is better than the other, but I suspect that the quality of the engineers play a much bigger part in how much money they make than which CAD package they choose.