Softakiss,
Sorry, but I think what you fear is the future for BRP. I just do see that much cooperation or cross platform stuff happening. Most of the die hard RQ groups and forums said "no thanks" to MRQ a year ago, and dual stat sourcebooks and supplements would probably only work if produced by a third party publisher, assuming that they would be allowed to do so.
Fragmentation of the RPG community is not a new thing. The RQers and the D&Ders have rarely seen eye to eye on things (not surprising considering the differences in approach between the two systems). With each splintering off of Glorantha and/or RQ the systems fanbase has split more and more.
As for Nick's policy, well Mongoose put some restriction on stuff that I submitted for Sign& Portents last year, too.. The days where magazines, even fanzines support more than one system or company are long gone.
Don't get me wrong, I wish both camps could all just get along, but I think the MRQ playtest fiasco proved that they can't. Unfortunately the RPG community isn't a community anymore as much as a business.
Heck, quite a few people here are those who had high hopes for MRQ and used to post on their forums and now have given up on Mongoose. I one of the few who still post at Mongooses site, and I've been one of MRQ's more vocal critics since the beginning. Once I was considered the radical extremist on the MRQ fourm, now I considered the moderate!
I just don't see any peaceful cooperation in our times. Probably the best thing that can happen is for both camps to ignore each other.
