I develop the open-source Transitive framework out of the belief that the robotics industry is lacking a shared, open platform for the development of full-stack robotic software. As a result, robotics companies lose time creating their own cloud middle-ware for robotics and reimplementing dozens of common full-stack components when this time could be better spent on their specific product. I've worked for seven different robotics startups and have seen this time and time again. Unlike ROS Transitive is built with a business model from day one: packages (which we call capabilities) can be free or cost a fee per robot per month, and we have already built a handful of commercial grade, battle-tested capabilities people can use, e.g., for webrtc-based video streaming, teleop, or health monitoring.To me innovation is not a means to an end, it's a philosophy: I like to leave things behind in a better shape than I found them. This applies to source code I modify, tools I use in a workshop, and the world at large: One day I will die and I want the world to be better off that day than the day I was born. The world is not perfect, I get it. But it's open source, so don't complain, fix it!