Opinions on DConf talks

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Tuesday, 25 June 2013 at 22:16:31 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I don't see how we lose anything by having conferences like 
> this.

There is possibly an opportunity cost: I'd be willing to work 
significant time on D stuff, directed by the community, for a 
year if paid the $30,000 we raised on kickstarter, and perhaps 
even use spaces instead of tabs in the code [!!!] and I'm sure 
I'm not the only one.

But the conference(s) may end up being worth more than 
contracting some programmers, so it isn't necessarily a loss.