Uphill

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 28 May 2015 at 19:23, Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 28/05/2015 8:55 p.m., Chris wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, 27 May 2015 at 19:35:35 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 27 May 2015 13:23:16 +0000, Paulo  Pinto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Only when I can sell D to customers that put money into this kind of
>>>> stuff
>>>
>>>
>>> if customers are deciding which technologies to use... ok then, they can
>>> do their work without my help, 'cause they are so knowledgeable.
>>
>>
>> It's funny that people spend millions on technologies that makes
>> mediocre or crap languages better, but they would never invest in
>> something like D, because they dread the investment. I think it's
>> because D doesn't have a price tag attached to it. "If it's for free, it
>> must be sh*t", I often hear people say. Maybe we should have a D
>> Enterprise Edition (DEE) and sell it for $1,000. Believe me, people
>> would take to it like ducks take to water.
>
>
> Or we put together a D consultancy firm, perhaps as part of D's future
> foundation?
>
> Starting at e.g. bug fixes ext. with price tag ranges on them.
> Perhaps even a price tag on working on DIP's.

I would put my money on the table.