tfw your employer gives your unit £5,000 in recognition of the excellent work you do making an open source e-assessment system, then your commercial competitor gets $7 million from investment funds
In reply to @christianp
(Newcastle spends a significant chunk of money on employing me, Chris and George to develop and support Numbas, and gives it away to the wider world, which it doesn't need to do. That is the value of a public service institution)