CTFE ^^ (pow)

[Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa)]

On 03/22/2018 09:43 PM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> On 03/18/2018 11:28 PM, Manu wrote:
>>
>> I know these feels so well.
>> People take their one experience, and that's the truth on the matter.
>> The sad part is, it's actually a massive missed opportunity! If these
>> colleagues posted here, and instead were greeted by recognition of
>> their issue, and provided a satisfactory work-around, or even a prompt
>> fix, they would have taken a COMPLETELY different message away from
>> their interaction; it would be "this D comunity is so awesome, I can
>> have confidence that our issues will be handled in a personalised
>> way!", and there's very strong value in that for a business...
>>
> 
> Well *of course* they would love any group that does custom work for 
> them for free! ;)
> 
> But I think, therein lies one of the big shortcomings we have in 
> promoting D:
> 
> Around here, we complain and whine and...erm...b***h (don't need another 
> of Walter's secret PC-enforment emails) about "this is a volunteer 
> project, we're not getting paid for this, blah blah blah"...
> 
> *AND YET*: We don't have NO crystal clear, obvious way for people to 
> actually say "I need this, SO HERE, TAKE MY MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR IT!!!" 
> (Sure, we know that Walter's been open to stuff like that, but do 
> prospective D users know that?)
> 
> That's what we need. Solves everyone's problems. Improves D. Gets us 
> around the "not backed by a company" problems. Brings businesses into D 
> instead of turning them away at the gates. I mean, shoot: *We* want 
> users, we want money, we want to get paid to work on/with D. *They* have 
> money and want things done. Let's get together, right?!! Everybody happy!

Shoot, *just* noticed now this new opencollective stuff *does* offer that!

That needs to go straight up on the dlang front page, stat!!!