Originally Posted by
bobstad
I think mainly, to turn a buck
I'm pretty sure that's the main objective of EVERY business. One of the first lessons I learned when I got a job out of engineering school was that the "the engineering business is FIRST and FOREMOST a business". Companies won't produce what
most people won't buy. It's not about wanting to make the most advanced product (usually), it's all about maximizing profit. That's pretty much the way free market, capitalism works.