D 1.0 for Jan 1, 2007

[Kyle Furlong]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> We'll release it one way or another Jan 1. And then we'll move on!
> 
> Good! I guess.
> 
> But come March and I see D 1.23 released, then we've wasted the 
> milestone. It's the "move on" that worries me. I think we should stop 
> for a while, look at what we've done, and let the surroundings and infra 
> adjust and sprout.
> 
> We should stop this target, so that serious critics from the world at 
> large can aim and shoot at us. We really need that. And the publicity 
> with it.
> 
> "Optimizing" our web presence is of course good, but we really need some 
> exposure in printed media. There still are folks who are very important 
> to our success, but who aren't full-time surfers and news readers. We 
> need to get recognized amongst them.
> 
> And please: libraries and packages! Downloading D should feel like 
> inserting a shrink-wrapped CD -- it just works. And the documentation is 
> there, the libraries work off the bat, and installation is a snap -- on 
> all three platforms.
> 
> We have 3.5 weeks to do this. (2.5 weeks of this month plus 1 week. 
> Remember, December counts as one single week, when you look at it in 
> hindsight. Happens every year.)
> 
> Oh, and do we have CUJ, DrDobb's, InfoWorld, etc. covered?? Can I see 
> Walter interviewed in each in the January Issue?

Very good questions.