What&#x27;s really sad about this is that they had to give up Leaf because the whole thing was VC-backed. Commercial support is a huge part of open source software&#x27;s viability.<p>I applaud their decision to pivot and shift their focus elsewhere to win. That said, the irony is too great for me not to mention: open sourcing is now recognized as a hugely democratizing force in the software world to upend commercial giants, yet it&#x27;s commercial giants that can afford to invest in the long run and support open source projects (so that they can increase the sphere of their influence).