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Posted by Jeffery Smith
Feb 20, 2016 at 05:17 PM
My issue is that I fall in love with software that is, to me, extremely functional, only to have it discontinued or sold to another entity that kills its or ignores it. The list includes ThinkTank, Grandview, Q&A, XyWrite, Agenda, Mori, Notetaker, Notebook, PC Outline, and Ecco Pro, to name a few. The solution, of course, is to use MS Word for everything. Gaaaa!
Posted by Andy Brice
Feb 20, 2016 at 05:37 PM
They do seem a bit bitter and rather unprofessional.
Of the 3 products that I have released in the last 11 years, one flopped and I released it for free ( nothing to do with productivity software: http://www.keywordfunnel.com ). And still no-one wants it! Dissapointing as that was I tried to treat the few people that bought it respectfully.
Posted by steveylang
Feb 20, 2016 at 06:02 PM
That’s why my preference is now apps that use text files, or as close as possible. ‘.TXT’ will never go out of style!
Jeffery wrote:
My issue is that I fall in love with software that is, to me, extremely
>functional, only to have it discontinued or sold to another entity that
>kills its or ignores it. The list includes ThinkTank, Grandview, Q&A,
>XyWrite, Agenda, Mori, Notetaker, Notebook, PC Outline, and Ecco Pro, to
>name a few. The solution, of course, is to use MS Word for everything.
>Gaaaa!
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Feb 20, 2016 at 06:36 PM
Like MaxThink for MSDOS!
steveylang wrote:
That’s why my preference is now apps that use text files, or as close as
>possible. ‘.TXT’ will never go out of style!
>
>Jeffery wrote:
>My issue is that I fall in love with software that is, to me, extremely
>>functional, only to have it discontinued or sold to another entity that
>>kills its or ignores it. The list includes ThinkTank, Grandview, Q&A,
>>XyWrite, Agenda, Mori, Notetaker, Notebook, PC Outline, and Ecco Pro,
>to
>>name a few. The solution, of course, is to use MS Word for everything.
>>Gaaaa!
Posted by Andy Brice
Feb 21, 2016 at 08:47 AM
steveylang wrote:
That’s why my preference is now apps that use text files, or as close as
>possible. ‘.TXT’ will never go out of style!
I agree. Structured text formats, especially standard-based ones such as XML and JSON, are a much safer bet than proprietary binary formats.
However text based formats are less effecient for storage of binary information (e.g. sound and images), so may not be suitable for all applications.