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<blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 4142249" data-attributes="member: 51747">Fair point.&nbsp; What do you think of this counter-point?&nbsp; How do you cook frog legs?&nbsp; If you put the live frog in a pot of boiling water, it'll jump out before you can get the lid on.&nbsp; If you put it in a pot of cold water and slowly heat it, he'll stay in and die.&nbsp; What if we're looking at the OGL from the wrong angle?&nbsp; What if it's not WotC vs. Customers/3rd party publishers?&nbsp; What if instead the real struggle is between Upper Management and Employees?&nbsp; If Upper Management told their employees before GenCon that 4E would not be open, how many of them would have been as gung-ho pro-4E if they knew they had to face their friends at Paizo at their weekly games and tell them that their boss just killed the game they're writing for?&nbsp; How many of them would have been as excited about their game if they knew they weren't going to surprise their fellow employees with a monster out of the Tome of Horrors?&nbsp; How fast would morale sink?&nbsp; How many former Paizo employees would quit and seek out a job with Paizo?&nbsp; How many OGL supporters would follow?&nbsp; How many of them would do like Monte Cook and start their own company?Possible scenario:&nbsp; Upper management tells the employees that they are not going to issue anything to 3rd party publishers until the employees finish the rules.&nbsp; They get them in binders and then have a confrence call with publishers.&nbsp; They get NDAs.&nbsp; Then upper management &quot;raises the water temperature some&quot; by saying they're not going to do an OGL but a GSL and its going to take time to develop this new license.&nbsp; 2 months later, still no license.&nbsp; The final books are sent off to the publisher.&nbsp; They still need their employees for supplements so they announce they're still vetting the final policy.&nbsp; And once their employees get use to the idea of there being D&amp;D products without 3rd party support, they announce there will be no open gaming.What do you think?(For the record, I use to be middle management.&nbsp; Management does have to consider the logistics of employee retention in their plans.&nbsp; Yes, I am very glad I am no longer at that job.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmccoy1693, post: 4142249, member: 51747"] Fair point. What do you think of this counter-point? How do you cook frog legs? If you put the live frog in a pot of boiling water, it'll jump out before you can get the lid on. If you put it in a pot of cold water and slowly heat it, he'll stay in and die. What if we're looking at the OGL from the wrong angle? What if it's not WotC vs. Customers/3rd party publishers? What if instead the real struggle is between Upper Management and Employees? If Upper Management told their employees before GenCon that 4E would not be open, how many of them would have been as gung-ho pro-4E if they knew they had to face their friends at Paizo at their weekly games and tell them that their boss just killed the game they're writing for? How many of them would have been as excited about their game if they knew they weren't going to surprise their fellow employees with a monster out of the Tome of Horrors? How fast would morale sink? How many former Paizo employees would quit and seek out a job with Paizo? How many OGL supporters would follow? How many of them would do like Monte Cook and start their own company? Possible scenario: Upper management tells the employees that they are not going to issue anything to 3rd party publishers until the employees finish the rules. They get them in binders and then have a confrence call with publishers. They get NDAs. Then upper management "raises the water temperature some" by saying they're not going to do an OGL but a GSL and its going to take time to develop this new license. 2 months later, still no license. The final books are sent off to the publisher. They still need their employees for supplements so they announce they're still vetting the final policy. And once their employees get use to the idea of there being D&D products without 3rd party support, they announce there will be no open gaming. What do you think? (For the record, I use to be middle management. Management does have to consider the logistics of employee retention in their plans. Yes, I am very glad I am no longer at that job.) [/QUOTE]

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