Very true. And one of the challenges with static analyzers in particular is that most programmers think "oh this isn't really so hard, I could hack something l

Very true. And one of the challenges with static analyzers in particular is that most programmers think "oh this isn't really so hard, I could hack something like this up myself over the weekend". That said, the value certainly is there, and some companies realize it; back in the 1990s, I was architect for C/C++ static analysis tool PREfix, and our minimum sale price was $25K for a team of 10 people.