[coryrc]

> people aren't writing software

Maybe not OSS, but somebody is keeping Lispworks and Franz in business.

[copperx]

I'd love to know who. The example apps in Lispworks site aren't commercial successes, as far as I know.

[kristopolous]

Looks like it's just a small unit in an office park in the tech center in Cambridge: http://www.lispworks.com/contact.html

It doesn't really take many contracts to scrap together office park rent and a staff of a few people. We're talking like < $1 million/year in revenue.

Good on them. Not every company needs to try to be the next Amazon