Digitizing old notes -- in Evernote?

Posted by Ken
Oct 24, 2012 at 03:19 PM

Vincek wrote:
>Second, IMHO Evernote being a
>growing, well funded company provides stability, not risk. I would worry far more
>about being reliant upon many of the programs discussed in this forum that are created
>by individual developers. If the developer is hit by a bus, then what?

I am not sure that I would always equate growth and being well-funded with stability. I have seen as many, if not more, well-funded and growing companies get bought up and dismantled than I have software from individual developers that I have supported in the past. Google alone has bought and killed more growing, well-funded useful software/services than I care to recount, with Postini and Picnik being two that immediately come to mind. Microsoft bought and totally destroyed iView Media Pro, a very popular DAM program used by many photographers. On the other hand, there are software programs that I purchased over 10 years ago that were written by individuals that are still being supported.

These are only individual examples based on my personal experiences, and should not be taken as absolute evidence to the contrary, but rather as a caution against any false sense of security that growth and funding often seem to imply. And, IIRC, getting data out of Evernote used to be a somewhat difficult task, but I could be mistaken, and that could have changed as the program has evolved over time.

In short, it’s always best to have a reasonable Plan B in case the unexpected happens.

—Ken