The market for Web development technologies appears ripe for consolidation. And yet, the barriers to entry are so low — many of the tools are free — that the market forces that might ordinarily eliminate competitors don’t seem to apply here.
So true. One of the complexities I face from project to project is wondering which of the gazillion tools might be the right one for this job. And after one finished learning a specific toolkit, another one comes around the corner, that offers far more, better or other things - so the learning process starts again.