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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jul 5, 2012 at 11:48 PM
Donovan wrote:
>I’m real tired of proprietary formats that don’t
>allow all of the data to be exported in any real usable way. I never could export a
>notebook in full, only a folder. I’d love to find something from a company that doesn’t
>fear people taking their data elsewhere.
This is reasonable. At the same time, you should consider that the underlying structure of a contemporary advanced PIM is a complex relational database, and there are not many non-proprietary formats for that. Exporting the data in .csv (simple spreadsheet) format, as many do, provides only partially usable info.
Probably the most accepted ‘format’ for a relational database is SQL and in particular SQLite http://sqlite.org/ which is free and open source.
As I just wrote in another thread, UltraRecall’s developer Kinook have provided a tool for managing UR files directly via SQLite, which is UR’s database engine http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=2825
In terms of future access to one’s data, I believe this is as good as it gets. Another very good alternative is XML.
Posted by Donovan
Jul 6, 2012 at 06:40 AM
Thanks so much to all of you for the thoughts and ideas.
I plan to trial MyBase and RightNote. I gave Ultra Recall a chance last week, but it lost all of my data not once - but twice. I thought certainly “user error,” but that second time there was no question, it’s just buggy.
It’s good to hear the positive info on MyBase from Cassious. Thanks!
I’ll report back…
(This is a great place to scour the archives. So much good information. Thanks!)
Posted by Donovan
Jul 6, 2012 at 07:55 AM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>There was a discussion of RightNote here back in March. Here’s the link to the
>topic:
>
>http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3812/
>
>Also, if you do
>decide to go ahead and purchase right note, do it through Bits du Jour and get a 35%
>discount:
>
>http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/rightnote/
>
>Steve Z.
Thanks, Steve…
I’ve almost spent an hour with RightNote and it’s pretty intuitive. I think I might really like this. You mentioned the 35% off at Bits, but it says the deal is expired and looks like that was back in February. Is there still a way to get the 35% off that I’m not seeing?
I mentioned I had used TexNotes before and it became bloatware in the extreme. I went to GemxX’s webpage just a minute ago and they have renamed do-Organizer to ‘Harmony’ and have made quite a few changes… http://www.gemx.com/index.php ...I downloaded it and am trying it as well. It’s very comprehensive with all sorts of features. But again, I think it’s way too much for me. I don’t particularly like “kitchen sink” programs. RightNote seems to strike a happy medium.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 6, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Donovan wrote:
>>Also,
>if you do
>>decide to go ahead and purchase right note, do it through Bits du Jour and get
>a 35%
>
>>discount:
>>
>>http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/rightnote/
>>
>>Steve Z.
>
>
>Thanks, Steve…
>
>I’ve almost spent an hour with RightNote and it’s pretty
>intuitive. I think I might really like this. You mentioned the 35% off at Bits, but it
>says the deal is expired and looks like that was back in February. Is there still a way to
>get the 35% off that I’m not seeing?
How frustrating. Just yesterday they were offering 35% off… I know because I bought a license. It was listed as one of their “featured deals,” but isn’t as of today. After my purchase they must have decided they were attracting too much riff raff! If you like RightNote, you might use it free for the month trial and keep your fingers crossed that they bring it back to Bits for the 50% off offer.
I’m sorry to have mislead you.
Steve Z.
Posted by Cassius
Jul 6, 2012 at 05:08 PM
But myBase is 50% off TODAY!