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> It's a bit sad that such capital investment from a commercial party is necessary

I think it's great that someone invests. That investments are necessary is no sadder than that salaries are necessary for your work. It's just a normal part of work/life where the alternative would be to do it for free, out of passion. But you also have to make a living.

[mcv]

> That investments are necessary is no sadder than that salaries are necessary for your work.

Well, that's also sad.

I just wanted to say it would have been nice if the community would have been able to get this working more easily. But clearly it's too much work to do it without some dedicated fulltimers.

[zem]

fully agree! I'm biased because I also work for pay on open source products but I think it's a great "rising tide lifts all boats" model of software development.