For roughly half as much as Thermos "spent" on an unfinished, non-working version of software which is available FOR FREE?

While the forum might not be finished, it is certainly working. You don't know what you're talking about.
I suppose. In the same sense that a junk Luger is working: it don't shoot, but you can still hit people over the head with its butt

Joy! $2.5 million US well spent!

The envy is strong.
Don't get you. Are you asking if I'm envious of two and a half million dollars, US, being wasted? Does doing that require special, enviable skills?
Or hinting at ... something else?