Worrying attitudes to the branding of the D language

[David Nadlinger via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 1 July 2014 at 22:02:19 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 July 2014 at 21:15:10 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> […]

Even though my message probably doesn't stand out in the context 
of this discussion, that came across as quite a bit more 
offensive than I intended, and I apologize for that.

However, I indeed think that if you care about design and 
branding, the best way is to get involved with improving the 
situation by making your own concrete suggestions and proposals – 
D desperately needs somebody skilled who "owns" design –, and not 
to try and educate the world assuming that all the others are 
clueless. ;)

And besides, design by committee works even less in graphics than 
it does in software, which is also why I decided not to comment 
on any of the early-stage proposals so far. I firmly believe that 
by continuing to discuss for the sake of it and throwing around 
blanket statements – something this community seems to be 
particularly adept at, unfortunately –, we'll only dissuade the 
people we really want to have working on these issues from 
stepping forward. I mean, we both know how annoying clients who 
don't give you the freedom you need to work while changing their 
"vision" all the time are.

Cheers,
David