why a part of D community do not want go to D2 ?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/9/10 6:10 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote:
>> On 11/9/10 5:38 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Boris Wang<kona.ming at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> First, forgive my poor english.
>>>> we all known , Walter good at compiler writing, but not good at language
>>>> design and development management , if can't change this, just be silent.
>>>
>>> If he isn't good at language design (in other words: D sucks): why do
>>> you care about D? Why are you here?
>>>
>>>> I think, on language desgin, wisdom and leadership are more more
>>>> important
>>>> than technology.
>>>
>>> Well, the development process of D could be better organized (having a
>>> schedule and roadmap and such)..
>>> But "wisdom and leadership" doesn't help much if nobody's there to
>>> implement stuff. I think we're better of this way than having someone
>>> who's "wiser" (what is that supposed to mean in this context anyway?)
>>> and a better leader, but can't code.
>>>
>>>> Ether continue working on D, or make D like clone,  if we can't do it
>>>> like
>>>> APPLE, just give up ASAP,
>>>> because we can only save us by our selves.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't make any sense of that sentence.
>>
>> I think he meant "We should all either continue working on D or make a
>> D-like clone. If we can't do it like Apple, we should just give up ASAP.
>> Only the community can save the situation."
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> What's meant with "do it like Apple"? Is that some kind of idiom I'm
> not familiar with?
> He certainly couldn't have meant that literally, because making D
> overpriced and proprietary would certainly not help.

My guess is "do it professionally and successfully".

Andrei