The basic problem is that this was chiefly of use to companies making hardware, which is a highly competitive industry with very thin margins compared to softwa

The basic problem is that this was chiefly of use to companies making hardware, which is a highly competitive industry with very thin margins compared to software, so they won't pay for anything they don't have to pay for. Only in software are people fat and happy enough to actually fund open source development. Avoid the hardware business.