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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ryan S.
Dancey
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] Would-be d20 authors?
<< From: "Seanchai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>But we came a long way in a short time. We were just
> two gamers with no inside juice that made good. <<
>
> And now that you've used up the one in a hundred thousand chance the
> universe laid at the feet of the gaming industry, no one else in your
> situation is going to be able to make it.
>
> Seanchai
What the heck does that mean? >>
I read it as a bit of dark humor wrapped around a kernel of truth.
Dark humor: what if the universe was so perverse that there really only was
one chance for a deal such as Clark worked out? In that case, the success of
S&S means just the opposite of what we want it to mean: instead of proving
the possibilities, it destroys them.
Kernel of truth: the early adopters, as always, court the greatest rewards
for the greatest risks. S&S, Atlas, Green Ronin, and the other early
adopters really do have a market position that others will now have to
scramble to match. Nothing new here: those who brave the frontier -- and
succeed -- always have an edge over those who wait until the frontier is
settled.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Software Design and UML Training
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
http://www.UMLBootCamp.com
