Do you think free ad's might help advance D?

[Justin Johansson]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Justin Johansson" <no at spam.com> wrote in message 
> news:hv2i9l$227r$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> "BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:a6268ff14ed78ccd7c6dbdc2432 at news.digitalmars.com...
>>>> http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/free-vote-based-advertising-launches-second-round/
>>>>
>>>> I'm suggesting advertising for dev help not users. But that presupposes 
>>>> that usable work could be found for any takers.
>>>>
>>> This is the part where I fly off the handle bitching about any site that 
>>> incessantly nags non-JavaScript users, and forces that OpenID crap, and 
>>> then start daydreaming about that StackOverflow-frontend site that I want 
>>> to create but will probably never get around to, and even if I did they'd 
>>> probably just send their lawyers after me and even if they didn't then 
>>> 99% of programmers out there would still just bitch about how I'm not 
>>> enough of a spineless group-think monkey to blindly and excitedly hop 
>>> onto and fellatiate any and every idiotic tech fad that pops up like all 
>>> the rest of them are...
>>>
>>> But you do bring up a very good idea for D publicity :)
>>>
>> Huh, who cares <crap/> about your ready disposition to fly off the handle 
>> or not about <shit>. I cannot see the relevancy in your answer to the OP's 
>> post and find it hard to imagine that others would either. Sure I'm 
>> prepared to be corrected.
>>
>> As for the OP's suggestion about advertising for dev help not users, well 
>> that to me is pie in the sky especially given that D-complete is not 
>> totally open source.  And sure that is Walter's perogative.
>>
> 
> Huh? So has Jer/ArnoldSSchwartz/GirlProgrammer resorted to impersonating 
> other people now?

Sorry Nick if I offended you; I didn't mean to though after a re-read 
this morning I think I could have worded much more politely.  Please 
accept my apologies.  Justin