Yes, I thought that might be your thinking. Where to go next?
Here’s a crazy idea… what about if CP focuses on paid plugins? Forget all this freebie stuff that everyone expects (demands?) with WordPress. Just put out business-grade, premium plugins that are well supported and give people like you, John, some incentive to actually maintain them and get a basic income for your troubles. Surely people who want a '“business-grade CMS” should be willing to pay a small amount to support that?