Mike Raiford wrote:
> The authoring tool could be a commercial package, but produce a standard 
> format that is well-documented enough to allow 3rd parties to develop a 
> viewer or plug-in for such a format.

First you need the format and wide-spread adoption. *Then* you can sell the 
authoring tool.  And the people using the result don't really care all that 
much whether it's "open" or not. Only the Linux-desktop weenies care whether
something is "open" because they don't have enough market share to get 
people to work for them for free.

The better way to go would be to take a popular proprietary standard that 
already has an authoring tool, and then make it open enough to clone. Then 
the open source proponents will clone it.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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