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ArduPilot has experienced its fair share of ups and downs.

Back in 2007, while I was a university student, I started an open-source hardware company that sold Arduino and similar products. At one point, I wanted to stock ArduPilot products from DIYDrones.com. To explore this, I performed a WHOIS lookup on their domain and called the listed number. The founder answered, but his response was less than welcoming. He said something along the lines of, “Do you know who I am? How dare you call me like this.” That was the end of the conversation—and the idea.

Like others have mentioned, I do believe there’s an opportunity to create an alternative.