The economics of D

[dan]

John Reimer Wrote:
> One advantage to a lack of outside subsidizing is that D is not 
> controlled by these external forces (at least, not that I know of :) ).

Rare and valuable in this day and age.

> Mostly, I think D seems to depend on the fan element for it's viral 
> effect, kind of a slow pervasive bubbling from the bottom up rather than 
> coercion from the top (companies) down.  To me D represents another 
> unusual and atypical movement much like Linux was for it's time.  D 
> likely will follow a similar, albeit slow, growth curve.  I doubt that D 
> is particularly comparable to any other "hot" language such that we can 
> otherwise predict its outcome.

My only major concern lies in that d isnt open source and is therefore bound to walter.  if he goes, so does D.

Maybe we should get life insurance on him?