[typon]

Software people also have deadlines, less strict than hardware sometimes, but they still do. If people in Silicon Valley thought the same way as hardware folks, we would be using Java for all applications and Oracle databases. But instead we have a huge ecosystem of open source databases to choose from and and a plethora of languages designed for different tasks.

I worked at Intel designing tools for hardware people to use (I am also a hardware person, but I see the power of software) and it was years of hair pulling to get anywhere, even in the face of clear advantages being offered.

Why isn't there an open source simulator as powerful as vcs out there? Why don't we have open source timing analysis tools? Because the culture just doesn't encourage exploration in these areas. And if you try, people will just not take you seriously.