On 28 May 2015 at 19:23, Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On 28/05/2015 8:55 p.m., Chris wrote: >> >> On Wednesday, 27 May 2015 at 19:35:35 UTC, ketmar wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 27 May 2015 13:23:16 +0000, Paulo Pinto wrote: >>> >>>> Only when I can sell D to customers that put money into this kind of >>>> stuff >>> >>> >>> if customers are deciding which technologies to use... ok then, they can >>> do their work without my help, 'cause they are so knowledgeable. >> >> >> It's funny that people spend millions on technologies that makes >> mediocre or crap languages better, but they would never invest in >> something like D, because they dread the investment. I think it's >> because D doesn't have a price tag attached to it. "If it's for free, it >> must be sh*t", I often hear people say. Maybe we should have a D >> Enterprise Edition (DEE) and sell it for $1,000. Believe me, people >> would take to it like ducks take to water. > > > Or we put together a D consultancy firm, perhaps as part of D's future > foundation? > > Starting at e.g. bug fixes ext. with price tag ranges on them. > Perhaps even a price tag on working on DIP's.
I would put my money on the table.