At 09:05 PM 9/6/00 -0400, Alexander P. Macris wrote:
>From what I gleaned from the article, WOTC is not pursuing a strategy of
�Open >Gaming� at all. They are pursuing something more like Microsoft�s
strategy with >regards to Windows... D20 is like Windows, the �operating
system� which will >succeed by virtue of its ubiquity rather than its
excellence. The D20STL is >essentially a �game developer kit� (like a
Windows SDK) which allows you to make >content compatible with the
operating system, D20. The goal is to get all the >developers working on
content for D&D, killing off other systems and allowing >WOTC to earn
monopoly profits from its exclusive sale of D20!
Uhm to coin a phrase, "Like, duh."
The business plan was discussed the instant the OGL was announced, at least
six to nine months ago. Ryan has never made any bones about the fact this
is a marketing and business development tool, not an act of altruism. The
only issue to be debated is "Will we, the gaming public, benefit?" not
"Does this meet some highfalutin' ideology?"
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