Funding. It all comes down to funding.
I have a more than able individual @ ThinkPenguin who I would love to see
working on this and similar projects. Unfortunately he is kept busy at the
moment with work way beneath him. It's not that this community lacks talent.
It's that we aren't funding it sufficiently.
Are you contributing at least $10 USD a month (provided your able) to a free
software project/organization? Can you contribute more? Are you?
We have been steadily adding free software projects to whom we make regular
reoccurring contributions.
Rubén would also love to focus on Trisquel. However he's got to take in
enough money to keep himself going. There isn't anywhere near adequate
funding to provide him a salary.