Of course they are doing it for money. This is not about "liberation of AmigaOs" or whatever someone may consider in their dreams. That's just a story Cloanto sells, for the same reason as Hyperion: Hoping to attract developers to jump on their bandwagon, and do the work for them.
Of course Cloanto is in the business of making money - as are the majority of us, to larger or lesser extents. Ultimately, money is the medium through which we house, feed and better the position of our families (and/or ourselves).
Most of us have to continually make money in order for the show to go on. Other, more fortunate people, eventually have enough money that they can afford to fund their lifestyle and interests without the requirement to earn any more.
Some people (like myself, actually) have a very blurred line between what is considered working because they have to, and what is considered working because their job is satisfying an interest.
Unless you're in the position where you literally don't need to make any more money, then having a nice blurred line like this is about as good a compromise as you're going to get.
So when you say Cloanto is in this for the money, I'd agree. When you say it isn't about liberation of AmigaOS or other such fanciful things, I don't think I can
necessarily agree because those goals are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
It's possible, is it not, that Mike Battilana is a core AMIGA fan first, and a money earner second. Running Cloanto is the means by which he keeps his family happy, and also sustains his very expensive interest in the betterment of the AMIGA platform. Having his cake and eating it, so to speak.
Now, I've never met Mike Battilana so I am not claiming this is the case for him. But I am offering to you that this is a possibility. Indeed, not so outrageous a possibility given that most software (or hardware) development companies could almost certainly make more money outside of AMIGA circles these days.
So I guess I take a less cynical view on this point.
