On 5/30/15 8:55 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
On 31/05/2015 3:52 p.m., Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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.
Now we just need either Walter or Andrei to weigh in on this idea.
And perhaps somebody willing to step up and lead this.
Speaking only for myself, I'll look into how the foundation can
facilitate such paid consultancy. (Probably poorly if it's non-profit.)
The practical issue I see is with the geographical distribution of
participants. Probably a strong entrepreneur could overcome these
issues. -- Andrei
