Stone knives and bear skins – there is no money in tools
I think there are a few things at work.<p>There is no money in tools because employers (and to some extent employees) don&#x27;t value them.  Also, folks who make tools maybe value them too much?   And maybe tools are too easy to copy?<p>I remember decades ago when purify came out.  I tried the demo at work on a project I was working on.  Within a few hours, I found an enormous number memory errors.  It was 
enormously helpful.  Purify had a high per-seat license cost, and work wouldn&#x27;t buy it.<p>Many current employers are a little smarter about things, but I mainly see things like code coverage tools and version control systems, but no real spending on more personal&#x2F;fashionable tools, even if employees are more efficient.<p>I think tools that might work better would be those employees bought them themselves - think jetbrains - and priced accordingly.   The analogy might be auto mechanics building up their collection from snap-on.<p>also, warts and all, linux is a nice environment because you can get to the bottom of most things and tools might be less industrial quality, but there are plenty of them.