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NovaMind bites the dust
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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 29, 2016 at 09:52 PM
Another failure. NovaMind announced it is shuttering its doors and “transferring” its IP “to a company managed by a former employee of NovaMind, who plans in due course to take the software forward in new directions”. Which means probably nothing. (The “former employee” wrote on the NM blog “I also have no illusions about the reality of the current situation”.)
Current licensees will get a perpetual license to use the desktop product as it is today, with no future updates or support; and the possibility that the new company will offer a $60 annual support agreement. NovaMind was a great mind mapper, but it over promised and under delivered.
Independent software—it’s great, until one day it isn’t.
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Aug 30, 2016 at 12:39 AM
Whenever I am offered a “lifetime” subscription for a higher price, I should know that the place is in trouble. I bought it, didn’t get any further updates, and now need to switch to MindManager.
Posted by Hugh
Aug 31, 2016 at 09:29 AM
Sad to read, but I believe that MindNode and iThoughts are pretty much just as good feature-wise, with more contemporary designs and much lower prices.
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Sep 1, 2016 at 12:18 AM
I have MindManager but don’t really like the look of the maps (I use them in teaching, projected on a screen). I also have ConceptDraw Mind Mapping software, which is awful looking. I hadn’t heard of iThoughts, but it looks like customers love it. I’ll give it a shot.
Hugh wrote:
Sad to read, but I believe that MindNode and iThoughts are pretty much
>just as good feature-wise, with more contemporary designs and much lower
>prices.
Posted by mathew
Sep 1, 2016 at 11:24 AM
iThoughts is definitely worth a look. It is easy to control look & feel, and then save as a custom style. It’s also pretty easy to share custom styles between people or computers.