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Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 4, 2012 at 06:41 AM
“At the end of September 2012, Mindjet MindManager will be changing to a new all inclusive, lower cost, subscription model”
http://mindjet.mindsystems.com/
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 4, 2012 at 06:16 PM
Interesting; I also received the message but hadn’t noticed that it was from Mindsystems, the Australian reseller of MindManager and developers of Amode, and not by Mindjet itself. In fact, I have received nothing from Mindjet.
It is not evident to me that the deal is worth it; I have stopped upgrading to MindManager since version 9 and found little reason to upgrade to the more recent version.
By the way, MindManager is now part of the Mindjet ‘suite’, including the sync/web service access Connect and SP link to SharePoint. It is no longer highlighted as a brand/product.
What I also found interesting is Mindsystems’ offer: “Purchase direct with Mindsystems and recieve a FREE edition of Amode + Premium Support.”
I guess they didn’t manage to make Amode stand on its own :-(
Posted by Fredy
Sep 4, 2012 at 10:59 PM
I uttered lots of details as I perceived and sensed them, about that “paradigm shift” as I called it, and what’s really frightening: It’s the big players, with the big money, that make the vanguard in this strategic move of which the little sw user, imo, is more victim than beneficiary.
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 5, 2012 at 07:11 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>What I also found interesting is Mindsystems’ offer: “Purchase
>direct with Mindsystems and recieve a FREE edition of Amode + Premium Support.”
>I
>guess they didn’t manage to make Amode stand on its own :-(
Yes, I also got the sense that Amode (at least in its current form) is more or less an abandoned product. Which is too bad because I use it daily, it’s my main project management tool. It’s excellent for personal projects where you want to track and update your progress daily.
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 5, 2012 at 07:20 AM
Fredy wrote:
>I uttered lots of details as I perceived and sensed them, about that “paradigm shift”
>as I called it, and what’s really frightening: It’s the big players, with the big
>money, that make the vanguard in this strategic move of which the little sw user, imo,
>is more victim than beneficiary.
I avoid subscription-based software like the plague, 1st because it’s expensive, 2nd because it discourages innovation, 3rd because it tends to induce cynicism in the given business (“people are too lazy or stupid to cancel their subscription even after they stop going to the gym or using the software”).
However, I’m optimistic that it’s the subscription-based businesses that will get lazy and that there will always be nimble new competitors just around the block who will come up with cheaper and better innovative software. It’s all a numbers game. There just need to be enough disgruntled but sophisticated software users that are willing to refuse the subscription model and adopt and support a small software developer.