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<blockquote data-quote="_Michael_" data-source="post: 9320532" data-attributes="member: 7045276"><p>This is someone who engaged in quasi-fraudulent activity by trying to retcon the OGL to make it something it was not in order to broaden revenue streams and push out competitors and partners. This was purely a decision to monopolize the market by causing corporate attrition so that other companies would simply give up and not bother trying to compete or participate in the new OGL chimera due to the finicky licensing requirements and increased costs the new revision would have brought about. Moreover, there's nothing to suggest it's health-related other than timing. We're not discussing her personal life here (or shouldn't be out of simple courtesy and respect for her privacy, I don't think...), we're discussing her public tenure as CEO and the damage done to the OGL that she presided over. The title of the thread indicates this is about her resignation and the related tenure she retired from. If it's health-related, that sucks. However, that has nothing to do with her poor stewardship of WotC and causing a huge corporate schism whereby their biggest competitor is now mopping up and poaching talent with their own version of the OGL. Unless, of course, her decisions were affected by her health, in which case, that's an entirely different discussion.</p><p></p><p>Yes, she's a person, but then again, so are all the people running the companies that the Nü-OGL was marginalizing and threatening to push out of the market entirely. What about their jobs? Their families? The fact is, under her leadership, WotC had a corporate aneurysm, the effects of which will be felt for many years to come. There's no insult being leveled here, and I'm not saying she's a terrible person. Her corporate decisions, however, had consequences, and far-reaching ones at that. They absolutely should be examined with a critical eye.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_Michael_, post: 9320532, member: 7045276"] This is someone who engaged in quasi-fraudulent activity by trying to retcon the OGL to make it something it was not in order to broaden revenue streams and push out competitors and partners. This was purely a decision to monopolize the market by causing corporate attrition so that other companies would simply give up and not bother trying to compete or participate in the new OGL chimera due to the finicky licensing requirements and increased costs the new revision would have brought about. Moreover, there's nothing to suggest it's health-related other than timing. We're not discussing her personal life here (or shouldn't be out of simple courtesy and respect for her privacy, I don't think...), we're discussing her public tenure as CEO and the damage done to the OGL that she presided over. The title of the thread indicates this is about her resignation and the related tenure she retired from. If it's health-related, that sucks. However, that has nothing to do with her poor stewardship of WotC and causing a huge corporate schism whereby their biggest competitor is now mopping up and poaching talent with their own version of the OGL. Unless, of course, her decisions were affected by her health, in which case, that's an entirely different discussion. Yes, she's a person, but then again, so are all the people running the companies that the Nü-OGL was marginalizing and threatening to push out of the market entirely. What about their jobs? Their families? The fact is, under her leadership, WotC had a corporate aneurysm, the effects of which will be felt for many years to come. There's no insult being leveled here, and I'm not saying she's a terrible person. Her corporate decisions, however, had consequences, and far-reaching ones at that. They absolutely should be examined with a critical eye. [/QUOTE]
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