As someone who has been playing in the software universe for far, far too long, I can tell you that:

(a) your basic idea is attractive and workable
(b) it is an economic disaster for the publisher

Why? Because of something called SKUs. That stands for "Stock Keeping Unit" and it's the number by which wholesalers, distributors and retailers identify a specific product uniquely for inventory tracking and sales monitoring purposes. There is a fundamental business principle that says the more SKUs you try to put into the channel of distribution, the greater will be the resistance to your entire line. Large companies can overcome that resistance. Small companies are hard-pressed to do so.

On Nov 26, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Mathewson wrote:

Might it not be an idea to break RR up into modules:



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