CTFE ^^ (pow)

[Norm]

On Friday, 23 March 2018 at 01:43:49 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
(Abscissa) wrote:
> On 03/18/2018 11:28 PM, Manu wrote:
>> 
>> I know these feels so well.
>> People take their one experience, and that's the truth on the 
>> matter.
>> The sad part is, it's actually a massive missed opportunity! 
>> If these
>> colleagues posted here, and instead were greeted by 
>> recognition of
>> their issue, and provided a satisfactory work-around, or even 
>> a prompt
>> fix, they would have taken a COMPLETELY different message away 
>> from
>> their interaction; it would be "this D comunity is so awesome, 
>> I can
>> have confidence that our issues will be handled in a 
>> personalised
>> way!", and there's very strong value in that for a business...
>> 
>
> Well *of course* they would love any group that does custom 
> work for them for free! ;)
>
[snip]

All that was expected of D in the tests that I supervised was 
zero blocking bugs and documented features to be complete and 
working as advertised. We did not expect special treatment or new 
features to be implemented on whim without giving back in time or 
cash.

While personally I agree with your sentiments regarding OSS, my 
experience has been that most companies will only donate cash or 
time when a tool has already proven itself to be a useful.

Cheers,
Norm