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<blockquote data-quote="Bugleyman" data-source="post: 7659943" data-attributes="member: 62949">First of all, that's not what you said.&nbsp; You said &quot;experiences working on projects in a corporate environment.&quot;But as it happens, I work in IT for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_PLC" target="_blank">Pearson</a>, one of the largest publishers in the world.&nbsp; While I am not a project manager, I interact with them on a daily basis.&nbsp; And I've watched our company grapple with the digital revolution, and mostly get it wrong.&nbsp; Frankly, it is that experience that has led me to believe WotC, also a publisher, is exhibiting similar dysfunction.&nbsp; They, like us, clearly haven't fully shed the dead-tree publisher mentality.&nbsp; In many ways we have paid the price; I'm fearful that WotC will pay the price as well.&nbsp; Only in this case, that might mothball a game I love and have played for decades. &nbsp;Sure, you don't know me, and it's easy to write me off as &quot;some random guy on the Internet,&quot; but really, this isn't about me.&nbsp; This is about my argument, which I presented two posts up.&nbsp; At a minimum, PDFs would represent an acceptable -- and industry standard -- form of digital support.&nbsp; Yet WotC has been &quot;looking at a solution&quot; for literally five-plus years, and have yet to offer one.&nbsp; They can't even get ebooks done, let alone software.&nbsp; That is dysfunctional.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bugleyman, post: 7659943, member: 62949"] First of all, that's not what you said. You said "experiences working on projects in a corporate environment." But as it happens, I work in IT for [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_PLC"]Pearson[/URL], one of the largest publishers in the world. While I am not a project manager, I interact with them on a daily basis. And I've watched our company grapple with the digital revolution, and mostly get it wrong. Frankly, it is that experience that has led me to believe WotC, also a publisher, is exhibiting similar dysfunction. They, like us, clearly haven't fully shed the dead-tree publisher mentality. In many ways we have paid the price; I'm fearful that WotC will pay the price as well. Only in this case, that might mothball a game I love and have played for decades. Sure, you don't know me, and it's easy to write me off as "some random guy on the Internet," but really, this isn't about me. This is about my argument, which I presented two posts up. At a minimum, PDFs would represent an acceptable -- and industry standard -- form of digital support. Yet WotC has been "looking at a solution" for literally five-plus years, and have yet to offer one. They can't even get ebooks done, let alone software. That is dysfunctional. [/QUOTE]

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