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<blockquote data-quote="Halivar" data-source="post: 4957839" data-attributes="member: 9327">And here lies the big problem with having taken the &quot;wait and see&quot; approach: if you want 3PP material for 4E, there are several names that will consistently come to mind. Necro could have been one of them, but isn't. By playing conservative, Orcus has averted a possible legal liability on products whose prime selling season would have been last year, but in so doing has lost mindshare among the small pool of 4E 3PP buyers. For instance, he passed on Ari Marmell's APG because of ambiguity in the legalese. The net result was that XRP got my money instead of NG, and no C-and-D's were issued to the APG's publisher. I think we can agree that, at least in hindsight, passing on the APG was a mistake. Clark could have gotten it moving on the market much sooner than XRP, and, at least at the time, with a higher profile because of the NG brand.I think it was a mistake for Clark to take a long-term view in a market that is largely ephemeral and totally in support of another companies product. I'm a software developer who works on a product for which other, smaller companies develop plug-in's, and they don't wait around for an okay from us. The money to be gotten is now and depending on what we do with the main product, it might not be there a year from now.Just my 2 cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Halivar, post: 4957839, member: 9327"] And here lies the big problem with having taken the "wait and see" approach: if you want 3PP material for 4E, there are several names that will consistently come to mind. Necro could have been one of them, but isn't. By playing conservative, Orcus has averted a possible legal liability on products whose prime selling season would have been last year, but in so doing has lost mindshare among the small pool of 4E 3PP buyers. For instance, he passed on Ari Marmell's APG because of ambiguity in the legalese. The net result was that XRP got my money instead of NG, and no C-and-D's were issued to the APG's publisher. I think we can agree that, at least in hindsight, passing on the APG was a mistake. Clark could have gotten it moving on the market much sooner than XRP, and, at least at the time, with a higher profile because of the NG brand. I think it was a mistake for Clark to take a long-term view in a market that is largely ephemeral and totally in support of another companies product. I'm a software developer who works on a product for which other, smaller companies develop plug-in's, and they don't wait around for an okay from us. The money to be gotten is [I]now[/I] and depending on what we do with the main product, it might not be there a year from now. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]

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