>From: "Martin L. Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>[FAUSTIAN CONSPIRACY THEORY: Wizards is holding off on releasing the SRD
>and
>STL until all the D20 creators do the hard work of establishing D20 as THE
>cross-company compatibility mark. If the third parties succeed, THEN
>Wizards
>will decide it's safe to release, because there will be no chance for a
>non-licensed mark to take hold. But until then, they'll drag their feet and
>always have the escape hatch. THIS IS JUST A CONSPIRACY THEORY! DO NOT
>BELIEVE IT!]
You forgot:
- to create a lot of hype and buzz to boost sales of their own products, and
- distract all the other developing talent so that "competing" products are
not developed or marketed.
Seems perfectly plausible to me. And it's working! :Q
Faust
> > I hope my questions and comments aren't seen as an
> > attempt to get around the rules. They aren't.
>
>I don't see that, and I doubt Wizards does. Asking these questions is
>important. Keep asking!
>
>
>Martin L. Shoemaker
>
>Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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