IMHO, Jelsoft may need to step in and perhaps install some new staff members that are more open to progressive ideas.
Some members of the current crew are getting a little stale in their thought processes.
There is a market for professional addons, full-stop. Nurture it and the quality of offerings
will improve. That's not to say the FOC isn't quality but I and others would like more choice. Under the current system, this just isn't possible.
(1) nobody owes anyone anything here. To imply that coders learn everything there is to know about coding here is far-fetched, especially with the recently released API docs from Jelsoft.
(2) there are over 100,000 members here and Boofo wants to imply that the majority are fully against allowing commercial interests. Umm, OK.
(3) I am agreeing with MPDev here so you must know how wrong your position must be!

(Hi MP, good luck with the new kid - we had a boy on the 1st

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Cheers,
~Regs.