TCP/IP was funded by government (universities and  military ), the IOTA protocol is being funded by the token, and it's basically done the job well to date. Speculators and investors needed a wallet so Trinity was developed, but none of this has much relevance to the internet of things machine economy. IOTA is in beta, it's not a human based digital currency.

The IF has done a good job, the companies considering using the IOTA protocol and making it a global standard for machines on the internet don't care about trinity.