ntop is a small, engineering-driven company, debt-free with low fixed costs, with many customers, profitable in business for more than 10 years. This means that we're potentially immune to take-overs, market decline and bankruptcy if the key customer disappears (simply because we're lucky enough not to have a key customer). We develop high-quality networking software used by small individuals as well by large telecom operators, mostly open-source, free for no-profit/research, and provide direct support at reasonable prices.