D 1.0 for Jan 1, 2007

[Georg Wrede]

Walter Bright wrote:
> We'll release it one way or another Jan 1. And then we'll move on!

Good! I guess.

But come March and I see D 1.23 released, then we've wasted the 
milestone. It's the "move on" that worries me. I think we should stop 
for a while, look at what we've done, and let the surroundings and infra 
adjust and sprout.

We should stop this target, so that serious critics from the world at 
large can aim and shoot at us. We really need that. And the publicity 
with it.

"Optimizing" our web presence is of course good, but we really need some 
exposure in printed media. There still are folks who are very important 
to our success, but who aren't full-time surfers and news readers. We 
need to get recognized amongst them.

And please: libraries and packages! Downloading D should feel like 
inserting a shrink-wrapped CD -- it just works. And the documentation is 
there, the libraries work off the bat, and installation is a snap -- on 
all three platforms.

We have 3.5 weeks to do this. (2.5 weeks of this month plus 1 week. 
Remember, December counts as one single week, when you look at it in 
hindsight. Happens every year.)

Oh, and do we have CUJ, DrDobb's, InfoWorld, etc. covered?? Can I see 
Walter interviewed in each in the January Issue?