> "even if this widget becomes popular I can never build a business on it.

With the exception of a handful of applications for their higher-end boards, I would think most of this flotilla of ships has already sailed, just on a cost basis?

Especially lately. So much more choice.

There's believing Arduino isn't useful for anything serious. And that might be true, I don't know. But then there's buying the company and making sure it isn't good for anything serious. It's that second part that confuses me.