On Monday, 27 August 2018 at 20:15:03 UTC, Ali wrote:
On Monday, 27 August 2018 at 19:51:52 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
On Monday, 27 August 2018 at 18:20:04 UTC, Chris wrote:
Then the D Foundation should work on it.
Easier said then done. You can't go around demanding people to
build factories without addressing the issues that comes with
building factories, such as the big question of how is it
going to be payed to be built.
-Alex
No one is (and no one should be) demanding anything, hoping
maybe..
Walter, wants to build D, and he is doing what he can to
continue building it
Andrei and many others joined him
If we are sharing our opinion, its not coming from any sense of
entitlement, we are sharing our opinion, because the builders,
provided the platform for us to voice our opinion
And again, because I keep repeating this, if they want more
donations, I think talking more about the future plans will
help, D currently neither have a larger user base, or an
ambitious future plan, it make sense that they are not getting
a lot of donations, they are not really making it attractive to
donate
I think that most current donors are probably incentivized by
negative factors, or negatively motivated, they are probably
afraid D's Development will stop or they feel guilty for using
the language and not providing much back
I dont think many donors are doing so because they are excited
about the future
Nothing seriously wrong about negative motivation, it works,
but positive motivation is off
I donate to the D Foundation via my personal consulting company
though it is listed under the name of Symmetry Investments.
I see that I am the second biggest donor after Andrei. I think I
can have more insight into my motivations than you can, and I can
say that I am motivated by enthusiasm about commercial benefits
and it wouldn't have occurred to me to donate out of fear, as you
suggest. If one makes a mistake I am in a business where the
custom is that one fixes the mistake and moves on. Suppose it
were to turn out to have been a mistake to use D. Well I have
made costlier mistakes then that this year and it's only August.
And, as if happens, I don't think it was a mistake.
So you may think what you wish about the motivations of donors,
but I think you might do well to base your views on evidence not
imaginings if you wish to be taken seriously :)
