Is D really community driven?

[downs]

The D homepage makes the claim that D "[...] is not governed by a corporate agenda or any 
overarching theory of programming. The needs and contributions of the D programming community form 
the direction it goes."
Recent discussions on the newsgroup regarding assert with Object references that might be null (no, 
segfault is _not_ a valid form of error checking ^^), CbD parameters or the older question of "!in" 
come to mind as cases where the D community, as represented by this forum, pretty much voted as a 
majority to introduce a certain behavior and Walter decided differently, out of reasons that many 
posters would, and did, disagree with.

So, the question is: is D really ultimately community driven? I have no real problem with it being 
a singular effort by Walter, but then he shouldn't claim that "the needs and contributions of the D 
programming community" et cetera. Unless he's saying he knows the needs of the community better 
than the community itself :)
  --downs