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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 149147" data-attributes="member: 1887">open architectures vs. closed architecturesd20 is open architecture. Anyone can write for it, anyone can modify it, and anyone can publish for it. All the other systems are closed, or have too little market share for any network externality to take hold.In any market battle between open systems and closed systems (IBM PC vs. Mac, VHS vs. Betamax), the wise bet on the open system. And it's a good thing too! Open systems bring along with them more innovation, lower cost (in RPG terms that means lower learning curve), and greater variety and style of products.I'm rooting for d20/OGL all the way, and I do hope that the tendency for publishers to publish new systems just for the sake of having new systems goes away when they realize that tapping into the d20 markets and modifying rules appropriately will net them more money.I'm still waiting for the other major system vendors (Hero, GURPS) to release using the OGL too, but my guess is just like the Apple, they'll only realize it too late.</blockquote>