The issue as I see it is free open source software can't normally compete with commercial simply because it relies on the good will of developers to contribute.

The issue as I see it is free open source software can't normally compete with commercial simply because it relies on the good will of developers to contribute. People need money to live, most of us can't dedicate hours a day to working on something like this. For every 20 devs you can get to do this theres a 1000+ working for the commercial equivalent. We need a paid, non corporate model, not free.