</blasphemy> The re-release of all these old novels (covering the old timeline) made me wonder...if some larger entity with more resources for things like basic editing or adding indexes to their books that still cared about/loved the SR universe was to aquire the SR IP, do you suppose it be viable to "reboot" SR to the beginning of the timeline (or start over with the events of 2050 now occurring in 2078 - still a 61 year gap - though at that point I'd go for an even 60 (2077)...) using a 'fixed' 5th Edition released as "6th Edition"? In this scenario, I'd go back to some 'fixed' form of wired matrix with a sub-optimal wireless, get rid of things like Crash 2.0, CFD, etc. and fix most current issues but leave the more streamlined core of 5th intact but bring all the old great world events back to new?<blasphemy>
I'm not trying to start a flame war with this, I just want to get people's thoughts, and perhaps the "Legends" sub-forum isn't the best place, but it is these books that gave me the idea, after all...