Just because Tual can't code worth a shit doesn't mean the DAO as a concept is dead.
Sure , DAO's and smart contracts in general are fine to research and test (not "Th DAO"), but they are also incredibly difficult to execute and find use cases for so I am a bit skeptical when people create ICO scams and crowdfund for these toys. Like bitcoin, people should create working concepts first and than allow the market to determine the value afterwords.