The economics of D

[Bill Baxter]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>
>> I don't even really care how it's funded, but it would be nice to hear 
>> a reassuring "there's nothing to worry about" from someone in the know.
> 
> If Walter were having trouble paying the bills, I imagine he'd be 
> spending more time on paying work.  As it is, I believe he's in a 
> situation where this isn't a concern.

As it is maybe, but what about the future?
DigitalMars must not be rolling in dough, at least, or else Walter could 
hire some helpers rather than doing everything himself.

One thing that concerns me is that the big corporate benefactor that has 
swooped in to help other open source languages may never arrive on the 
scene for D.  But maybe the big corporate benefactors like Google and 
O'Reilly haven't been as important to the continued evolution and 
success of Python/Perl/Ruby as I'm thinking.

--bb