And I read that old article of yours (MUTCH later, but anyway), and if I don't recall wrong, you wanted the original Star Wars system (based on the D20 system) instead of the D&D system (as you mentioned, allso based on the D20 system).
Yes, indeed I would've favoured that one. But in the end it was only an example.
By the way, I don't think that West End Games' system was based on D20, becaus D20 was developed much later. Or am I wrong ?