Tinderbox (OS X) and some of its friends are on sale

http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/Specials/SummerFest.html

v6.3 added several nice features -- Tinderbox resists explanation. Calling it a note taker is like characterizing movable type as wood carving. If you are on OS X consider it, download it, and give it a spin. The core features are immediately useful, the deep features can take a lot of trial and error before their value is realized.

http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/Specials/SummerFest.html

the other Mac software on offer include DEVONthink, Scrivener, Aeon Timeline, Bookends, Nisus, and several of the very useful Take Control books.

Ah, so tempting - and so expensive. If I didn't already have such a ridiculous collection of software, Tinderbox would be next on the list...

Hmmm... I clicked on the above links and the page was for a 2014 SummerFest offer that is no longer valid.

Is there a link for a 2015 offer?

I don't have a Mac, but must confess that Tinderbox and Devonthink Pro + DevonAgent are the two apps that create the greatest amount of Mac-envy in me....

Well, I just clicked the link (same as the one below) and the page banner says "2015 summer festival of artisanal software".

http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/Specials/SummerFest.html

I have no relationship to Eastgate, so maybe you could write them and ask what's what.

PIMfan wrote:

Hmmm... I clicked on the above links and the page was for a 2014
SummerFest offer that is no longer valid.

That sounds like a caching error. Try this alternate link:

http://www.artisanalSoftwareFestival.com/

PIMfan wrote:

I ... confess that Tinderbox and Devonthink Pro + DevonAgent
are the two apps that create the greatest amount of Mac-envy in me....

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An old thread, but worth adding a few words of caution.

About Tinderbox, I don't know.
But about Devonthink and DevonAgent, I do.
.

DEVONagent has become one of my essential tools for information hunting on the Internet.
Not just on the Worldwide Web, but anywhere on the visible Internet.

DEVONagent's UI is downright ugly, but the search functions are very powerful.
I recommend the program.
.

DEVONthink, on the other hand, the advertisements say, "YES!".
I say, probably "no".

For deep academic or scientific research, or rigorous legal searching, DEVONthink is very good.
Perhaps "best in class".
But at a more relaxed level of information gathering, no.

DEVONthink has such a steep and long learning curve that it could take a few years of frustration before a positive return on time invested.
It took me six months of frequent use just to realize that.
DEVONthink is now unused on my Mac.

To confirm my opinion, look carefully at their forum.
There is a lot of frustration on display there.

(And DEVONthink offers no outliner functions worthy of the name.)

For anyone seriously interested in either DEVONagent or DEVONthink, I can say more.