> while Element (formerly Vector and later Riot) is the name of the client app. Element the company, originally called New Vector Ltd, was spun out of Amdocs in 2017. A for-profit business, it rebranded as Element in 2020. Element.io provides both client apps and server software that run the Matrix protocol. As well as free FOSS versions of both, there are also paid-for commercial tools: the Element Pro client and the Element Server Suite Pro.

The is Matrix for you. A series of for-profit closures, merges, rebrands, and acquisions to increase synergy and unlock shareholder value. I'm staying away from this.

That government IT is gaining around this service just speaks to the sales initative of this for-profit machine.