On 22 March 2018 at 18:25, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On 03/18/2018 11:43 PM, Norm wrote: >> >> >> We don't want to be treated special. We don't want to give back. This is >> the *entire* point. >> > > An attitude like that and there's any wonder it didn't work out? Sheesh. > > This is the thing about OSS: The business willing to give back (and there > are many such businesses) are the ones that reap benefits. The companies > that wilfully cling to zero-sum bullshit are on their own, by their own > choice, and open themselves to allowing their competitors to take the > advantage for themselves. That is the way of the world, that is the way of > reality. > > D can't be held responsible for self-defeating zero-sum, "us vs them" > mentalities. Sheesh.
Small companies are often at a resource-shortage as it is... they probably wouldn't be looking for potential productivity increase opportunities (like using D instead of C) if that wasn't the case.
